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...latter day chronicler has said, "The story of that game has been told hundreds of times and will be told hundreds more. It was a debut which left nothing to be desired from young Mr. Wood's standpoint, and it was only a taste of what was to follow...
Actually, the junior year, 1930, was Wood's least successful from a team standpoint (the team finished 4-4-1). Despite the quarterback's continuing heroics, Harvard lost by a touchdown to Army, by three points to Michigan and by five to Dartmouth. But 1931 was different...
...field. "It would make no sense just to add a school of economics," he explains. "Harvard or Yale or Berkeley could do just as well or even better. But right now, no one is thinking about history from the social sciences point of view--from a more analytical standpoint...
...Kaysen is less willing to talk about affairs in the Big World outside the Institute's green fields. There one must be careful of the Government, of one's reputation--and Kaysen sticks to his position as an economist. From an economic standpoint, he says, the country can easily support the war. Although to do so, he amends, it must "take a lot of resources which could much better be used on other things. The situation looks in a very critical shape...
...Although I scored more points my sophomore year," says Parrot, "this season has been the most productive from a team standpoint. We are much more balanced, and as a result have a better record...