Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yard dormitories fall into four distinct types--the modern type, the ancient Hollis (1763) and Stoughton (1805) kind, the large Holworthy (1312) and Grays (1863) variety, and finally the post-Civil War style of Matthews, Weld (both 1872) and Thayer...
...says Francesco Mer from Thayer 3 and Florence, Italy, "it's informal, friendly atmosphere, less tense. For instance, one thing good is a dining hall, it gives a sense of community and unity. And these visiting professors like Mr. Emmanuel, he is a poet himself, not only a scholar but a lively literary spirit...
...news, handed out at West Point in a mimeographed, flatly worded communique made even the college basketball gambling scandals pale in comparison. The honor code had been set up in 1817 by the "Father of West Point," stern Sylvanus Thayer, given its final shape during the tour of General Douglas MacArthur in the '20s, and came to occupy in a West Pointer's mind, Ike Eisenhower once said, a position "akin to the virtue of his mother or sister...
Last Tuesday the roof fell in on a hapless Thayer squad as they were buried by a powerhouse Grad School team...
They have maintained their undefeated status this week by beating Thayer Hall by the narrow margin of one run, 10-9, last Thursday. Malinckrodt has lost only one contest, defending this record successfully against a last inning Holworthy threat last Monday...