Word: second
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Conceding Huntington School only one second place and five thirds, the Yardling tankmen rolled up a total of 58 points to their opponents' eight yesterday afternoon in the Indoor Athletic Building pool. Because none of the Crimson swimmers were pressed, the times turned in were generally poor, but Wheeler Smith, tallying 60.28 points in the dive, showed improvement. This is his first year of competitive diving...
...biggest and closest Senior election for more than a decade, C. Russell Allen, of Greenfield, was elected First Marshal, Vernon H. Struck, of Centralia, Illinois, Second Marshal, and John L. Dampeer of Cleveland, Ohio, Third Marshal. A margin of only 14 votes separated the three leaders. Exactly 582 ballots were cast...
Today will be the second and final day for voting in the annual Senior and Junior Album elections. Balloting will take place from 9:45 to 10:15 and from 11:45 to 12:15 o'clock in Harvard, Sever, and Emerson. There will be a last chance for dilatory x-markers at the House dining halls and Dudley at lunch time...
...second type of navy in 1776 was that which the states organized. Except for rendering guard service to merchantmen, it did little more than the continental navy. It took the privateers, the third kind, to accomplish something. With two thousand ships, mostly from Massachusetts, commissioned by Congress, the privateers were almost as essential to the American cause as the French ships at Yorktown. Out of them the Cabots and Eliots made their fortunes, since the owners kept half of all prize money and divided the rest among the captain and crew. Besides being a more lucrative business than fighting...
...selecting the House that has the most tutors and best library equipment for one's field, and setting as high a room price limit as possible. Dangerous are applications by men with high marks who intend to room with those having low marks. Caution should be used in making second choices on applications to avoid selecting a House that may be overapplied. Dishonest are Freshmen who seek admission without a sincere desire to belong to some House for three years and to add something to its personality during that period...