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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case for three fabulous seasons between 1929 and 1931. In those last glorious days of football at the two colleges Crimson quarterback Barry Wood and Eli halfback Albie Booth staged battles that were watched by every sport fan in the land. Still, when the ancient opponents take the field each year, a certain element exists which the trumped-up "big-time" clashes cannot equal--a hint of greatness, and a sprit of competition that has existed since 1875, when Harvard beat Yale, four goals and four touchdowns to nothing, in the series' first game...
Possibly the best modern Yale team ever to take the field humiliated the varsity, 42 to 14 in 1956. The Bulldogs became Ivy champions, and that season scored 40 points against Penn, 42 against Princeton, and 42 aginst Harvard in their last three games. The unstoppable backfield of Dean Loucks, Dennis McGill, Al Ward, and Steve Ackerman ran wild over a Crimson defense that did well to hold the final count below...
...contests, the Crimson managed to reverse the tide of Blue victories by winning six of the 11 contests, including two of the three championship games. Leverett defeated Pierson College 34 to 26 for the touch football title, and the Adams soccer team blanked Pierson 2 to 0 to take the booting laurels. At the same time, Dunster lost its football game for the second year...
Within the classroom, professors defend their right to take an analytical approach to religion and its impact upon the world, not to defend religion or to proselytize. Some typical Faculty attitudes toward the teaching of religion...
Wald, in fact, is the first important scientist in years to take an active interest in teaching his own Nat Sci course. His interest, in addition to that of Professor Purcell, is an encouraging sign that General Education may become the concern of the department rather than that of a few dedicated individuals...