Word: skying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Four Crimson ski teams take the field this Sunday to shoot for the laurels in the annual Schussverein downhill race to be held on the intricate Bear Mountail trail in Bartlett...
...bear any relation to the Cuban rumba or the fast-fading conga. Whereas the distinctive feature of the rumba is undulating hip movements, of the conga a one-two-three-kick rhythm, basis of the samba is a springy, knee-action rise & fall-a motion heretofore found mainly on ski slopes. The samba's one ironclad rule: a knee-bend on every beat. A ballroomful of bobbing samba dancers suggests a gay polka, but the bobs in the samba are downs & ups, not ups & downs. The weight remains on one foot at a time for two full counts...
This year, not only will the participants, ski, run, and fall down the Sherburne Trail on Mount Washington Sunday, but they will also follow up the occasion with a giant slalom run by two-men teams tied together with a 40-foot rope...
Beer will flow Saturday evening at the Ski Cabin to start off a spirited weekend which bids to become a Harvard tradition...
Members of the Ski Club and the ski team encourage as many as possible to sign the entry book for the Sunday race, which has been placed in Leavitt and Peirce. The contest will be run entirely for fun and not in a spirit of bitter competition...