Word: stiffness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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White-haired, stiff-necked Captain Donald F. Smith was amazed. The contest, he declared, had "degenerated into a farce." The committee meekly called it off. Explained a disgruntled committeeman: "The good captain didn't want to be seen walking down the aisle with a sweep woman on his arm." Mrs. Clauson sadly announced that she would not attend the ball at all. Promptly, some 800 other workers turned in their tickets. Said one: "If this contest is for the lieutenants' girl friends, then let the lieutenants go to the ball...
Competition will even be stiff in the running events, the Crimson's forte. Big Jim Branson, Exeter sprinter, clocked the same times in the 100 and 200 yard dashes last week, as the Crimson's star. Dick Weiskopf...
...jayvee and freshman heavies will probably face stiffer opposition than their varsity counterparts, as MIT game both crews a stiff battle last week. Both Crimson beats have undergone lineup changes since last Saturday: John Merrick will replace the injured Ham Fish in the jayvees, while two new men, Marty Webb and Doug Fletcher will fill the bow and two slots in the freshman boat...
Competition will be stiff for the two posts at least four present Council members will be running in the election...
Five veterans of the great 1948 boat are back at their ears, which also goes down on the plus column of the ledger. And rowing in home waters is also a help, especially when the weather bureau predicts stiff winds, which are wont to rough up the water in a way calculated to bother the lake-dwelling Princetons...