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Gerald S. Spear '48, head cheerleader, led his last rally last night, and for the last time he sung out for "a regular cheer for the team." Faus only know this jocular Spear, the dancing figure on Saturday sidelines, or the fancied director of rally parades...
...real Spear is a man weighted down by the responsibilities of a task that was created especially for him, by the Undergraduate Athletic Council. In three years of cheerleading, as the first non "H" man to assume the job, he has steadily assumed his personal battle against legendary "Harvard Indifference...
...fought the good fight against deans, local police, and the CRIMSON, one might expect to find the College head cheerleader an embittered misanthrope. Such is not the case, however, and Spear has only praise for "the terrific cooperation of everybody, the coaches, the players, and the student body...
That the milk of human kindness still flows within Spear is all the more surprising since University Hall has traditionally regarded him as the hostage of College rallies...
This led to uncomfortable situations on occasions, Spear recalls. Once in 1946, one of the lean years of "informal" football, the Pepman was bound for his home in Providence despite the scheduled rally the same evening...