Word: squashes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even a geometer could not calculate all the angles in squash-at least not quickly enough to make the shots. Squash is a game played on a walled, rectangular court (18½ ft. by 32 ft. in the U.S. game), and all four sides are playing surfaces. The ball is a hard-rubber affair, somewhat larger than a golf ball; the handle of the racket is longer than that of a tennis racket, but the head is smaller. A crack squash player needs stamina and strong wrists; he must be puma-quick on his feet, and know all the angles...
...comes off right." Whether correct or not, it is true that much of Dudley's efforts to organize teams is aimed at supplementing the negative spirit of opposition with a positive drive for taking part. Last year the Center was unable to field teams in golf, fencing, or the squash "A" bracket. Part of the trouble was the expense of green fees, and inexperience with the sports. But the biggest limitation was the unwillingness of most students to add the time burden of playing and practicing for a team to the hours spent commuting. As a result, Dudley finished...
...strong Harvard Club squash team squeezed by the freshman "C" team last Thursday, 3 to 2, in match played at Harvard's Hemenway Gymnasium...
...uniform House residence charge would emphasize the fact that students are paying for more than their rooms when they live in a House. the services that distinguish a House from a hotel the tutors, the libraries, the common rooms, the squash courts-are also the most expensive. A flat residence rate would answer the protests of millionaires who now object to paying "exorbitant rent for just an ordinary room." It would muffle the din of imagined injustices, while providing a substantial solution for the real hardship that varied room rents produce...
...course of Looking for open courts we came across at least ten others engaged in the same hopeless task. We would just be interested in knowing if we twelve are the only non-team players at Harvard who would enjoy a game of squash on Saturday. Peter Gross '58 David Tobey...