Word: taub
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...happy to see that the CRIMSON has attempted to analyze bullfighting, a spectacle that has provided so much excitement for American tourists in recent years. It is a pity, however, that Ensign Taub's interesting article fails to convey a true understanding of the spirit and purpose...
...game, or a contest in the sense which Grantland Rice suggests. There is never any question of win or lose, because the outcome is never in doubt. The bull always dies. A bullfight is rather a sacrifice. It is high tragedy. If there is a contest, in Mr. Taub's sense of the word, it is not between the man and the bull. It is between the man and the crowd. The crowd tries to be passive or hostile, and the man tries to rouse them. This is the essence of his theatrical domination of the scene...
...agitator" whom Mr. Taub describes as "harassing the bull" is not an agitator and is not in the ring for the purpose of harassment. He is there to test the bull's eyesight, his manner of charging, his use of the horns. He deserves no sympathy if he gets caught, since he is practically forbidden to put himself in any danger. If he works close to the bull and looks good, he detracts from the maestro's performance. If he gets caught, he may spoil the bullfight: the bull often becomes too dangerous after he has tossed a man once...
CRIMSON--Bow, Mason; 2, Taub; 3, Mandel; 4, Lorenz; 5, Holbrook; 6, Kane; 7, Stifel; Stroke, Wheeler; 9, Humanstrum; Cox, Ottenheimer. Average height: 6 ft. 2 in. (with cox, 6 ft. 1 in). Average weight: 160 (with...
...winners in order of their total number of votes were as follows: Paul W. Mandel, of New York City and Lowell; Robert P. Hyde, of Belmont and Winthrop; Frederick V. Fortmiller, Omaha, Neb, and Elliot; Douglas M. Fouquet, Bayside, N.Y. and Dunster; Peter B. Taub, Larchmont, N.Y. and Lowell; Alvin Becker of Waltham and Adams; Robert E. Tomasello, of Bemont and Dudley; Richard R. Reynolds, Punxsudawney, Penn, and Leverett; Edmund J. Gilake, Jr. of Medford and Dunster; and James F. Draper, of Groton and Kirkland, Arthur H. Rohn, Villa Park, III, and Dunster, and David Harrison, Lakewood...