Word: yardful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without Hammond, Bill Schellstede will solo the butterfly for the Crimson against Columbia's best swimmer, Joe Goldenberg, a 2:29 man for the 200-yard distance. In the sprints, the varsity's Bill Rose and Dave Ottaway will face close competition from Ron Previ, who swims the 50 in 24 seconds and the 100 in 54 seconds...
There was a day when Radcliffe students were not allowed in the Yard, and not too long ago Cliffe still had its own faculty, but times have definitely changed. After years of offering its students only the disadvantages of co-education, Harvard has begun to coat the bitter pill of Cliffe median-raisers. Cliffe monopolizers-of-Widener, Cliffe knitters-in-Emerson D. First joint tutorial, then combined organizations and activities, and now the eagerly anticipated announcement that Winthrop House and Comstock Hall have merged. Let's ring the bells and start the celebration...
Frogkicking Bill Schellstede had little trouble in winning the butterfly and Eric Johnson upset teammate Chick Montgomery in the dive, the latter finishing third. Bob Komenda turned in a good performance winning the 440-yard freestyle over Bob Friedlander in 5:08. Although Brown's best swimmers won the final relay, the winning points did not figure in the outcome...
...Freshman team set back the Brown cubs, 44 to 32, setting two new Freshmen records in the process. Captain Bob Kaufmann's 22.6 broke the 50-yard freestyle mark and was two-tenths of a second faster than Hunter's varsity performance. Hank Southall won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:59.9, breaking his old record of this season...
...Cannon remembers a very different Radcliffe in her day. "We couldn't go into the Square without gloves or hats, nor could we wear pants in theatrical productions. We lived in boarding houses. No women were allowed in Harvard Yard. However, our main advantage was having tiny classes. Professors walked across the Common to repeat their lectures for us. That gave them an extra bonus, as their salaries were miserable...