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...philosophical anthropologists tell us, is the only animal that is aware of his mortality. This awareness causes him so many problems that he sometimes admires the ability of the lower species to romp around in merry ignorance until death, unpondered and unlamented, picks them off. The "advantages" of the mortal sensibility amount to a conception of life as a glorified Supermarket Sweepstakes, where experiences are chucked like frozen rib-roasts into speeding shopping carts which must be full before the time expires...
When the Crimson takes on Princeton tonight, it may have to contend with the same scoring balance that Penn has. In the Tigers' 87-64 romp last month Harvard held Princeton's leading scorer, guard Jeff Petrie, to four points, but the Tigers' two forwards, Bill Sickler and Bob Ryder, ran up over 40 points between them...
...station at Tijuana from my family's home in Beverly Hills, which is not in fact, an El Dorado filled with Beverly Hillbillies mansions. I was with two friends, one a Harvard freshman who had finagled his father's new Volvo for us. We had a simple one-day romp in mind, to pick up a few exotic Christmas presents and spend money. Just some college kids out for a little...
...much more than a modicum of points today. In Keith Colburn and Roy Shaw, Harvard has runners who are capable of sweeping both the mile and 1000-yard runs, as both of them have done in previous meets this season. Colburn performed his feat in the 86-18 romp over Boston University and Shaw scored his victories in the 65-44 win over Army...
Harvard's freshman team rolled to an even easier triumph than the varsity, winning every event in a 93-16 romp. Ed Skane set an all-time record for the Yardlings in the pole vault by leaping 14 ft. 2 in., two inches higher than the winning varsity height last night...