Word: pusey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yale in English literature (TIME, May 14), the "brain" teams of the two universities heard the verdict. Harvard won, 93 to 117, the scoring being done as in a cross country race (one point for the best examination paper, 20 points for the worst). Two Harvard undergraduates-Nathan M. Pusey of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and James L. McLane of Garrison, Md.-finished first and second. Yale's best, George T. Washington of Detroit, great -grandnephew of Father -of -His -Country George Washington, finished third. Harvard's reward is $5,000 worth of books given by Mrs. William Lowell...
...contestants, in the order in which they were listed by the judges follows: N. M. Pusey '28 (H) 1; J. L. McLane ocC (H) 2; G. T. Washington (Y) 3; S. F. Kennedy (Y) 4; J. S. Eells, Jr., (Y) 5; L. J. Rittenhand '28 (H) 6; J. D. Merriam '28 (H) 7; E. C. Wilkins '28 (H) 8; P. H. Gray Jr., (Y) 9; J. E. Barnett '28 (H) 10; R. T. Sharpe '28 (H) 11; Harold Strauss '28 (H) 12; J. K. Jessup (Y) 13; J. F. Rettger (Y) 14; J. M. Bernstein (Y) 15; R. T. Sherman...
...team with its two alternates is as follows: John Egger Barnett '28 of Clinton, Mo.; Henry Thomas Dolan '28 of Scranton, Pa.; James Latimer McLane ocC. of Garrison, Md.; John Douglas Merriam '28 of Newton, N. J.; Nathan Marsh Pusey '28 of Council Bluffs, la.; Laurence James Rittenband '29 of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Russell Thornley Sharpe '28 of East Greenwich, R. I.; Richard Thomas Sherman '28 of Algona, Ia.; Harold Strauss '28 of New York City; Edward Carl Wilkins '28 of Springfield, Mass. The two alternates are: George Barry Bingham '28 of Glenview, Ky., and Carl Harmon Hartwig...
Besides their high academic records, several members of the team have distinguished themselves in undergraduate activities. Barnett is an editor of the Advocate, and Pusey was a member of the Freshman basketball team. Bingham and Sherman have both taken a leading part in the activities of the Harvard Dramatic Club, and Sherman was editorial chairman of the CRIMSON last fall...
Died. Ellis Pusey Passmore, 59, of Philadelphia, president of the Bank of North America and Trust Co., oldest bank in the country; at Philadelphia...