Word: calhoun
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could not sustain a drive and only scored on a 65-yard run when the kicker decided not to punt. Davenport Pierson's running game was too rough and the Elis rolled up a 14-0 lead before eventually winning. 20-8. Winthrop was shut out, 8-0 by Calhoun-Berkeley...
...reputation based solely on athletic prowess and not academics. This was not a good image to project the faculty thought, though I'm sure the students aren't too bothered by it. Naturally, they are bothered by the suggestion that football be de-emphasized. It's like telling Haystacks Calhoun he can't wrestle anymore, or worse that he can't eat anymore. What else is there? But at least it didn't look as if this revolutionary move at Holy Cross would succeed...
...consolation, moral standards in Washington have rarely been higher than they are today. For most of the last century, many famous politicians were plainly crooks. During Andrew Jackson's fight against the Second Bank of the U.S., Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun sold their votes and oratory to the bank. In the Civil War, great fortunes were hatched from corrupt federal contracts. Early in the 20th century, the National Association 'of Manufacturers bought Congressmen and influenced appointments to key committees. Nothing since has matched the gall of Harding's Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall...
...Yale, a combined Winthrop-Dunster hockey team raced to a 4-0 lead only to see the determined Yale All-Stars win, 6-5. Quincy tankmen lost three judges' decisions in a 33-24 dunking by Branford College, while a more experienced Calhoun squash team defeated league-leading Winthrop...
...excited to have a chance to see Killer Kowalski and Haystack Calhoun, Gorilla Moonson and Baron von Sciclund in person. I thought it would be great. But now, being pushed and elbowed and jostled. I realized just how depressing it had been. Why didn't I think wrestling was fun anymore? Why couldn't I laugh...