Word: wesleyans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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W.P.I. opened its season with a 93-76 pasting of Suffolk, and also walloped Lowel Tech (103-84) and Nichols (82-67). But against Wesleyan, the only school on their schedule you've ever heard of, the Engineers were subdued, 36 to 69. And Harvard beat the Cardinals earlier this season...
Behind the statistics are people such as Jo Ellen Flagg, 26, daughter of a domestic in Charleston, W. Va., who went to West Virginia Wesleyan ('58) on a family income of $1,090. She majored in library science, got a B average, earned a master's at Western Reserve, and is the science librarian of Oberlin College. Ragan A. Henry, 29, son of a Kentucky carpenter's helper, came from a family with an income of $3,000. He won $4,600 in scholarships at Harvard, graduated magna cum laude ('56), went on to Harvard...
...first indication that 1963 might be the turning point came in the team's second game of the season against Wesleyan. The Crimson was trailing by 10 points--nothing too surprising--but rallied to win in the final half-minute of play. That hadn't happened in years...
...become more and more evident in the early stages of this season that Harvard is not going to be the most resistable force in the Ivy League campaign. The team now has a 5-1 record, and its performances against Wesleyan, Northeastern and M.I.T. indicate that even Ivy powerhouses Princeton and Yale had better watch...
...basis of comparative scores, M.I.T. should win by three. They beat Wesleyan, 61 to 55, while Harvard eked out a 79-76 victory over the Cardinals. Comparative scores, of course, mean nothing...