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Indeed, the entire subject merits serious attention. What is clearly needed is a Five-Foot Shelf of Nice Stories. Some initial possibilities...
...Back in the 19th century," Wilcox says, there existed at Harvard the idea that "a 17-year-old man was the best judge of what he should take." It seemed a fitting notion in a day when all knowledge was supposedly contained in the infamous five-foot shelf of classics, which began with the Bible and worked its way through the Hellenic myths and Shakespeare, Milton and Faust. Robert Benchley sat in the Harvard Club of Boston after his graduation determined to make his way through the whole 60 inches. He confessed it was nearly impossible, and concluded...
Realizing this game was basically for practice, coach Carole Kleinfelder wisely used the opportunity to bring up two freshmen from the J.V. and give them some varsity playing time. Five-foot, ten-inch forward Sarah Albee and 5-ft. 11-in. Patty Davis both played well, gathering six points apiece, and were an especially encouraging sight to Harvard, which has lost most of its height due to injuries this season. The loss of Holpuch this weekend was especially hard on the hoopsters, but the 6-ft. 1-in. junior should be back in time to play in Tuesday's contest...
...Faculty committee members also recruited Fernandez for some security guard work. "I'm five-foot ten, but look a lot taller with the Afro, and I look like I lift weights," he says. So the committee placed Fernandez outside the doors of Holyoke Center, barring the way when SDS attempted to storm the building...
With the thinclads clinging to a 66-65 lead, McCurdy elected to lead off the relay with Murphy. The junior All-American, who had expected to run only one event because of painful blisters on his feet, sprinted in front and handed the baton to Scidmore with a five-foot lead...