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...delving into the Harvard Archives and reliable Geological Reports show that there is some truth in Sam's uniqueness. Much of the University was once swamp land and it is common to find water levels near the surface in such areas. In addition, this region was once dotted by small streams. As the land was filled in, these were driven underground. Their present courses are unknown...
...Harvard's difficulties with water have not come from "Creeping Sam." Most of the area on which the Houses were built is filled-in swamp-land that used to flood at high tide. Even after the new living quarters were finished, exceptionally high tides would inundate the area. The situation was not improved until the course of the Charles River was altered and a dam built at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...announcer named Don Douglas to buck Arthur. Unreasonably terrified by the threat of big-city competition, Godfrey convinced Butcher that he should stay on the air all night to kill Douglas' first broadcast. Since WJSV closed down at midnight, Godfrey had to broadcast from the transmitter in a swamp near Alexandria, Va., with no other props than a telephone, turntable and some records...
School On a Swamp...
Branford College scored in every period this afternoon to swamp Dunster's winless eleven, 33 to 0. Running out of a peculiar X-Y formation with two backs facing left, Branford mixed up end runs and passes in smashing the undermanned Dunster squad...