Word: squashes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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November 12 was reported last night as the date tentatively set for the resumption of athletic credits for squash. Slates to receive a "major" credit status, squash was suspended from the conditioning program, in which it had a "minor" rating, at the end of the spring term...
...Squash Court Pile. Production of plutonium was probably no more important, but vastly more dramatic. On a squash court under the stands of University of Chicago's football field, a strange apparatus took form. It was an oblate spheroid (doorknob shape), built up of graphite bricks with lumps of uranium or uranium oxide imbedded in their corners. This was the world's first chain reaction "pile"-a uranium "lattice" and a graphite "moderator." If it worked according to Dr. Fermi's theories, it would produce the first chain reaction ever set up on earth...
Passing Fancies. In Manhattan, male shoppers who dared could now ask for ties in seven new shades: Lemon Squash, Strawberry Parfait, Pistachio Freeze, Orange Fizz, Blue Frappe, Mint Ice and Coral Crush...
Harvard's squash quintet went down in defeat Wednesday before a strong M.I.T. team by the score of 4 to 1, in a match which was played on the Engineer's court, and which marked the last of the current series of meets for the Crimson racquetmen...
Harvard and Yale squash teams collided for the first time in three years Saturday on the University Courts as the Blue quintet triumphed over the Crimson by the close margin of 3 to 2. Both teams showed good form in a match which was not decided until the last point was made...