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Last year, Levin finished runnerup in singles when he dropped an 8-6, 6-0, decision to Dartmouth's Charlie Hoeveler. Now that Hoeveler has graduated. Levin looks like the player to beat. Wesleyan's Steve Beik, Yale's Bob McCallum and Amherst's Rick Steketee should provide his chief competition. Jarvis could also be a contender for the singles crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Favored to Capture Title At New England Tennis Tourney | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

...show unusual initiative. Harvard, for example, rejected one applicant who ranked third in his high school class while accepting a classmate who ranked 15th and did not fare as well on his College Board exams. The youth chosen, explains Admissions Director David Smith, displays "personal strength and determination." Wesleyan similarly passed up a top student and star athlete from a suburban Boston high school to pick instead a lower-ranking classmate who, predicts Admissions Director Robert Kirkpatrick, "will work like hell to get through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: The Search for Something Else | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

Baker and Doug Hardin are easily among the finest two-milers in today's meet, with respective times of 8:48.4 and 8:44.2. If Baker runs the mile, Hardin will have to battle it out with Villanova's titlist Messenger, Colby's Sebsibe Mamo, and Wesleyan's Ambrose Burfoot...

Author: By Mark R. Rasmuson, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Seek Triumph in IC4A Track | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

...Engineers have much the same problem as Wesleyan--no height. Dave Jansson stands 6'5" and has a 27 point average. He'll be joined in the forecourt by 6'4" Alec Bash and a 6'2" import from the West Coast. In the backcourt are two 5'9" guards, Bruce Wheeler (averaging 14.4) and Steve Chamberlain...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Five, Plagued by Fumbles, Errors, Tackles M.I.T. Engineers at IAB Tonight | 12/20/1967 | See Source »

...with this season is the "Bluenose Classic" in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over January 5-6. The hoopsters have gotten few breaks so far: on their slate of seven pre-Ivy games they got to play Navy here. But they got stuck with a ridiculous string of road trips, to Wesleyan, Williams, and the University of New Hampshire. The other three games are home, saving them treks to B.U., Northeastern, and tonight, M.I.T. No one enjoys playing on the fourth floor...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: THE SPORTS DOPE | 12/20/1967 | See Source »

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