Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shrout and Adams, resting for the finals of the relay, coasted and finished in the bottom two slots in the consolation finals of the 200-yard freestyle...
Neville Hayes swam his fastest time of the year (1:57.6) but was unable to beat North Carolina's Olympian Phil Riker in the 200-yard butterfly. Hayes did not leave the starting blocks until the other finalists hit the water, but he nearly caught Riker midway through the race. However, Riker had too much left and held off a tired Hayes to win by two feet 1:56.9. It was a heartbreaker. Hayes, despite his poor start, was still able to hold off Yale's Bill Mettler for the second race in a row. It was Hayes' first loss...
With two days left in the championships, Harvard stood fifth. But the Crimson may be able to move up in the team standings. Corris could avenge his loss to Buckley in the 200-yard breaststroke, and Shrout could place in the 100-yards freestyle...
...Towers are the main reason people apply to Leverett House. After the pristine beauty of the Yard begins to cloy, or, worse still, or worse still, after you inched your way along the algae-encrusted corridors of one of the Union dorms for a few months, the Towers look understandibly inviting. Real penthouse living. Unfortunately concrete idol has clay feet. For some, living in the Towers can be a grisly experience. The view of course is fine if you're lucky enough to get a room above the seventh floor. But you can't look out the window...
...consequences of the Harvard system of the freshman year in the Yard, and then three years in a House, is a prolonged period of uncertainty, and perhaps anxiety, as to House assignment. A major advantage of the system is that it provides the opportunity for the mutual selection of roommates for the following three years. They may be, but more often are not, those assigned for the freshman year. It is recognized that the first priority in House assignment is to avoid separating such groups...