Word: gridiron
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There aren't any more Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, but there haven't been any complaints yet for the Harvard Band now ranks among the nation's finest, either on the gridiron or on the concert stage...
...rainy October afternoon in 1895, the Harvard football team engaged the United States Military Academy on the West Point Plains, beat the Cadets, 4 to 0, and thereby initiated one of the longest and most colorful series in Crimson gridiron history...
Harvard, with a year under Valpey since it last played Columbia, has an edge as far as experience and gridiron poise go. Columbia's defensive platoon includes five sophomores who could be fooled every so often. And there are a like number of sophs in the offensive group who haven't been playing together for very long and who probably haven't come up against a hard-charging line...
...coaching staff's initial combination was adequate enough. It defeated Amherst by three touchdowns in Columbia's opener at Baker Field last Saturday. However, the brave Lord Jeff eleven hardly tested the Lions' gridiron savvy. It didn't put up much of a defense and it was no great shakes on offense...
Harvard of the East meets the "Harvard of the West' on the gridiron in Palo Alto, for that is how boastful Westerners refer to Stanford University. West of the Mississippi, Stanford in fact carries all the social and intellectual prestige that Harvard has in the East But at opposite ends of the continent, these universities represent opposite ways of college life. The gay, outdoor, coed, magazine-type collegiate life dominates Stanford. Often called a playboy's school, Stanford presents a happy blend of good comradeship, rural atmosphere, and high scholarship...