Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stritch of Chicago and Mclntyre of Los Angeles, have called for more controversy in the Catholic press on public issues of the day. Said Editor Bosler to his colleagues last week: "Even the most timid of Catholic editors these days is emboldened to poke his head out of his shell and to take a look around. And high time it is, too." Added the Rev. Thurston Davis, Editor of America: "Catholics, of course, think and judge alike on matters of faith and morality. But on all other matters, usually of a social, economic or cultural nature, in which the church...
...Harvard closed the gap to half a length, the Tiger cadence of 31, which it maintained through the body of the race, rose methodically to 34 and the shell crept steadily ahead. Despite a final burst, which took the stroke to 38, the Crimson fell behind--apparently spent by an effort which in any other year and against any other crew would have meant victory...
Stroked by sophomore Bob Foley, the 150 shell will be seeking its third victory against two close losses. Last week in the E.A.R.C. Sprints on Lake Carnegie, Cornell edged out the Crimson by less than three feet, with record-breaking Princeton in the van and Yale trailing...
Less close should be the freshman race at 4:30, putting the favored Yardlings against a Cornell shell which failed to qualify for the Sprints. The freshmen, stroked by Mario Bryan, finished third in the E.A.R.C. meet, behind Princeton and M.I.T...
Love planned to race his shell at 33, a beat higher than normal, over the short sprint course which measures just under a mile and a quarter. He planned no changes in his seatings in the varsity, stroked in both previous wins by Fritz Schwarz. The junior varsity and freshman eights will also compete in the 38 crew regatta...