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Although University officials are trying to keep the $250 million drive under wraps as much as possible until the fall, so they can start off with a splash, Glimp said last week that the drive will focus on raising money to bolster undergraduate financial aid and faculty salaries against inflation...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Face From the Past | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

Bates remembers when the club had a pool, but notes, "it was only big enough to take a splash in anyway." He says with pride that the building has been designated as a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, so it mayneverbe torn down or its facade destroyed. "There used to be a plaque outside, but somebody stole it for the copper," he explains...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The New York Harvard Club: | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

...young woman. Men sometimes go first, but, if they do, are generally looked upon as show-offs or worse. This may seem reliquary chauvinism, but veterans of such evenings insist that the tone is somehow wrong unless a lady or ladies present lead the way, certifying the splash-in as not merely a male stratagem to get the women present to undress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's New Manners | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Harvard swim team began the 1978 season with a splash by swamping Columbia, 76-37, at Blodgett Pool Saturday...

Author: By Helen V. Scovell, | Title: Yardling Aquamen Submarine Lions | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Frosh Splash...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Mary Howard: Captain and Character | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

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