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...year. Matthews Hall, called "the finest college dormitory in America," had been built two years before; it marked an all-time high in student luxury. No longer would the men have to go out to the pump on cold mornings, for there were bathrooms in the basement. Weld and Thayer, also recent acquisitions, were only slightly less magnificent...
Among the editors who have later become prominent in various fields of activity are Messrs. Curtis Guild '81, Thomas William Lament '92, Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04, William Roscoe Thayer '81, the late Barrett Wendell '77, and Owen Wister...
...mile relay test against Holy Cross and Brown, converted sprinter Harvey Thayer proved he could go a full quarter mile when he opened up a five yard lead on the first leg. Al Ruby and Dave Hamblett held this bulge and Jim Wheeler was able to coast home in the clear when Brown's anchor man, Royce Crimmius, run into him and fell down on the curve leading into the backstretch of the final...
...mile relay event tonight, the Crimson will be more in its own class. A quartet composed of Harvey Thayer. Al Ruby, Dave Hamblett, and Jim Wheeler--the best one-mile combine in the Varsity camp at present--will race Holy Cross and Brown. Jaakko will be surprised if they go below...
...Ruby, scheduled to run the second leg tonight, provides perhaps the strongest wallop. Ruby, Wheeler and Thayer, by the way, all got their cinder schooling in Milton. Ruby was a star sprinter and quarter miler for the High School in 1944-45, the same year Thayer was cleaning up across town at the Academy. Wheeler set an Academy quarter mile record a couple of years earlier...