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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Notably a second half club, the freshmen have improved considerably since the days of early season difficulties; they have gone undefeated in their last six games. Coach Guyda has commented on this rise in fortune with two explanations: the Yardings have finally learned to "beat the other team to the ball," and they have built up their passing game by "keeping the ball on the carpet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Freshmen Meet Yardling Soccer Squad | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

While Eliot battles for the intramural football championship with Yale's Berkeley College six other Houses and the Dudley Commuters surge onto Walter Camp Field this afternoon to play their Eli counterparts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Football Teams Face Yale College Squads Today | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

According to optimistic WBZ-TV officials, approximately 1,050,000 people in the Boston areas alone will watch the game over television. The station, which is covering the game for the Boston area, figures there are 175,000 sets in the area and counts on an average of six people watching each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Millions of Absentees Will See, Hear Game on TV, Radio | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

Yale's most sustained winning streak teame between 1902 and 1907, when the Eli took six straight games without allowing Harvard a single point. The string was broken by Percy Hanghton's 1908 eleven, which triumphed, 4 to 0, at New Haven, when Vic Kennard dropkicked a field goal from the 28-yard line. These were the days when men still dropkicked, and field goals counted four points instead of three...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Stars, Changes, Tradition Feature H-Y Series | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

Lastly, Seymour has appointed heads of six newly-formed divisions: sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, medical affairs, and engineering. The sciences division now offers three courses (Sciences I, II, and III) similar to Harvard's General Education Natural Sciences courses...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Yale Hunts Successor to Retiring President; Tafts Being Considered | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

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