Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Feeling that college is the time to "cut the umbilical cord, make friends, and see what residency is like," Bender proposes splitting the non-resident upperclassmen into seven groups, assigning each to a House, where a "day room" with lockers and perhaps showers would be provided. His idea is not a new one. In the early Thirties, a graduate wrote to the Alumni Bulletin...
...existing seven Houses can physically make room for extra seats in the dining room, common room, and library, why not a supercargo of 'forgotten men' who, for a proper fee, can become attached to a selected House, grow up with it for three years, and take part in weekday luncheons, House athletics, special dinners, and social gatherings? In other words, become a recognized part of the House for all but breakfast, routine dinner, evening study, and sleeping quarters...
Both Dodge and Warren have compiled impressive records so far this season. Dodge has dropped only one match while winning 11, and Warren has an equally brilliant 10-2 slate. Reilly, the third man, has taken seven of his ten matches, and the team as a whole has a record of 10-2 for the season, with a 1-1 mark in Ivy League play...
...Brookmeade Stable's Sword Dancer got out front early and stayed there, had little trouble whipping a good field of three-year-olds over seven furlongs at Louisville's Churchill Downs, became one of the favorites for this week's Kentucky Derby. C. V. Whitney's filly, Silver Spoon, the sentimental Derby favorite, was a disappointing third behind Easy Spur...
...similar to Stauffer's. He also shook off a campaign by the Better Business Bureau against his "misleading advertising," which promised that size 20s would be squeezed down to size 14s. Mack promoted Slenderella with TV and radio spots, built up sales to more than $20 million in seven years, held business conferences on his 68-ft. yacht moored near Slenderella's headquarters in Stamford, Conn...