Word: wellesley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...having a wonderful time, as good a time, anyway, as they could have had in any hut in the White Mountains. The members of the International Outdoor Club Association are a hearty and fun-loving lot, and on Saturday they had their hearty and fun-loving annual meeting at Wellesley. Harvard, Yale, M.I.T., Brown and lots of other colleges were represented, and many people looked as though they had just come in from hiking or skiing...
...ascended the rise to the Wellesley "Rec" (the name of the building where the meeting was held) we could hear the sound of frenzied wood chopping and gleeful shouts. All the good wood choppers had been divided into two teams and were battling to see which team could chop the fastest. A healthy blond girl timed each team, so there would be no disputes. One poor participant on the Blue team stepped up to his log, raised his axe, and buried it six inches in the ground. He said, "I missed," so the crowd around him would not think that...
Radcliffe's attitude toward sports has been a source of alarm and depression to Harriet L. Clarke, director of physical education at the 'Cliffe, ever since she stopped teaching gym at Wellesley in '42. "It's a real crusade to scrape up enough people for a playday with another college," she said despondently, "and last year we had to cancel a swimming meet and a basketball game since so few girls have the incentive to get out there and fight for Radcliffe...
...lack of skill that worries Miss Clarke, it's the lack of spirit, "Out at Wellesley," she sighed nostalgically, "they have REAL teams. . . ." She smiled as she cited an example of true sportswomanship. It was a cold, rainy day out at Wellesley last winter, but there were 63 female rowers at their oars on the Wellesley pond. "You'd never find such a turnout at Radcliffe," she reflected sadly, "but then, Boston and its many cultural advantages aren't so close...
Eighteen teams entered the contest, including M.I.T., U. of Vermont, Georgetown, Smith, B.U., Brooklyn College, and Wellesley...