Word: roster
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ability. . . . An I.Q. of 200 is useless if it is fettered by archaic habits of thought." But he raised a point which had already bothered the committee, "the hazards to the individual of being singled out as an outstandingly able person," and added a personal misgiving: "whether a roster of elite human beings . . . is wholesome and wise from a democratic point of view...
Next week will see a seven man Varsity running on the foreign soil of Van Cortlandt Park in New York City in the traditional Ivy League Heptagonals, which since the beginning of the war have included Army and Navy to make a total of nine college on the roster. Harriers Gurley, Cogan and the other top men will get another crack at their major H if they can squeeze into the first seven places...
...glance at the Holy Cross roster, taken apart from its 1946 performance, will make it hard for any football follower to understand how the Crusaders have dropped three of their first four games this season. Another glance, and you begin to understand why the Crimson Varsity is facing what is easily its most rugged opposition of the current season on Saturday afternoon...
...careful comparison of the course roster and the masthead of today's paper should show no coincidences...
MacDonald's booters, who journey to Dartmouth this Saturday for their fifth game of the season, are hampered by injuries and the possible loss of Al Merck, the best fullback on the roster. Merck, may not be able to soccer for the rest of the season. Gus Seamans, starting left halfback in the Amherst game, has two injured knees and will not make the trip to Hanover...