Word: philadelphia
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...Crimson's frustrating inability to put away a weak Pennsylvania squad, when it had the Quakers on the ropes four times, delayed a certain Harvard victory until the final eight minutes of play, and the Crimson left Philadelphia with a reassuring, but not wildly encouraging, 20-6 triumph...
About 69,000 fans sat in the rain at Yankee Stadium yesterday to watch the New York Giants lose to the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, when Norm Snead threw a touchdown pass to Ben Hawkins with a minute left in the game. The loss dropped New York even farther behind the Cleveland Browns, who handed the Cowboys their first loss...
...weeks ago it seemed extremely dubious that two of the three favorites for the Ivy football championship would be fighting at Philadelphia to stay out of the second division...
...been six years since a Penn squad has beaten Harvard, but until 1967, the Crimson had poor luck at Philadelphia. Two years ago it shattered Penn, 45-7. to break the Franklin Field jinx. Last year, in a "battle of the undefeateds," it tore the Quakers apart, scoring 21 points in the opening quarter and rolling to an easy 28-6 victory. A triumph today would provide needed reassurance that the Cornell and Dartmouth debacles were unrepresentative of Harvard's talent...
HAYES has a lot of ideas about how the school system can be opened up. He would like to try an Advancement School modeled on the system now in use in Philadelphia. This type of school in largely designed to fit the students. "The whole idea of passing and failing is absent in the Advancement schools. You are in this environment not to pass or fail but to acquire skills. Individuals proceed at their own pace." Hayes says that this type of school would go a long way toward reducing the dropout rate in Cambridge, which in some high schools...