Word: skying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Still Some Ski Boots. It will take at least a year to work out tariff duties on goods moving among the three countries, which in the long run means deciding what industries shall be allowed to survive in which country. Example: although prewar Belgian glass works could easily produce enough for the needs of both countries (90% of their production was exported), Holland, whose shattered windows need glass urgently, has not waited for revival of the Belgian industry, has started her own glass production...
Whatever the prospects of eventual union, in rationed Holland last week lean and shabby Dutch, once stout and well-dressed, were hoarding their 40 weekly cigarets, while across the border in Belgium men with money ate lobster, steaks, butter, and drank French wine. Many Dutch women still wore ski trousers and ski boots while their Brussels sisters chatted over their tea in chic comfort...
Sunday's upset ski win over the Indians in the first post-war Crimson-Dartmouth slalom race marked the climax of "a good year of experience," Graham R. Taylor '50, captain-elect of the University Ski Team, asserted last night, adding that "since no one on the team graduates in June, we should do even better next year...
Coach Bill Halsey's ski team climaxed a season of steady improvement by defeating Dartmouth yesterday in the annual Harvard-Dartmouth slalom race, Led by Gerry Genn, who finished second in 1 minute, 24 seconds, the Crimson...
Graham R. Taylor '50, of Adams House and Newcastle, N. Y. was elected captain of the Crimson ski forces yesterday afternoon. Although the team is sending entries to two more events this year, the official season is over, and Taylor will take over at the start of the next campaign...