Word: ross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British] small arms committee are, I believe, buried in mud for 48 hours or so before being tested for their rapid firing qualities. The necessity for such a test was very aptly illustrated in the late war, when the original Canadian contingent arrived in France armed with the Ross rifle, a weapon which had shown its superior qualities in target shooting ... in peace. In the mud of the trenches it was found to jam after a very few rounds; and after a short experience of the weapon under active service conditions the Canadian soldier refused to have anything...
Joseph A. Locke '41, of Adams House, received the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Medal, presented "To the Senior who displayed outstanding interest, ability, and general excellence... on the required Naval ROTC cruise..." This medal was presented by Lieutenant Ross Courier, USNR, who awarded another prize from the same society to John Lowell '42, of Winthrop House, as "the Junior having highest scholastic standing for the two years of his basic course...
Pierre la Rose (some say it was originally Peter Ross) had a vocation--heraldry. His ability and knowledge were of the first order, and his consequent reputation was international. He made the heraldic designs for the Houses, for the Tercentenary, for Radcliffe and Yale and Princeton buildings. He was a devout Roman Catholic and an authority on ecclesiastical emblazonings. He was proud of an ancient French lineage, and his walls were hung with old family portraits...
Behind 40 to 35 with three minutes to go the visitors came up to within one point of a tie with two quick baskets by Tony Caputo and Ross Hahn. In desperate attempts to get the ball, they committed five consecutive fouls in the last minute...
Runner-up to Dalrymple was Donald Ross '43 of New York City and Dunster House, who fills the post of second assistant associate manager, and will become associate Varsity manager...