Word: springs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...racism. Nixon's promises of peace and reconcilation proved their emptiness when Clifford Alexander was fired; troops arrived in the Chicago ghetto three hours after minor disturbances and the Paris peace talks moved into another inconclusive month. Harvard's winter of pledges to Afro and SDS came to spring putrescence with the resort to violence and denial of Black Studies...
...Cadets had run up 21 straight indoor and outdoor victories before being upset by Yale last week, 81-73, and have defeated the Crimson in every meet since the spring of 1966. Last year's 89-65 setback to Army was Harvard's only outdoor dual meet loss...
...Spring officially begins today as Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew takes to the water in competition for the first time since the Olympic Games last October...
There are 30 members of the Board, and they are divided by fives into six groups. Each group serves staggered, six-year terms so five new over seers are elected each spring to take office on Commencement Day. A 1921 law gave the governing boards control over the method, time, and place of voting. Using that authority, the Overseers have granted nominating powers to the Associated Harvard Alumni whose Nominating Committee annually chooses ten names for the vacancies. Insurgents can appear on the ballot by petitioning with support of 200 alumni. Write-in votes are also permitted...
...next good workout was the next Monday, April Fool's Day, when I ran 8 1/2 miles without problems. It was spring recess, and I was in Cambridge since I was a coxswain of sorts for the freshman lightweights. I was running evenings around the paths of the Yard, averaging 5 miles. It was still strictly minor league...