Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exert an influence on the office of the future, perhaps even on the city of the future." says Connecticut General's President Frazar Wilde. And not without reason. For as industry shifts to the countryside, it can build with a streamlined efficiency almost impossible in the interlocking gridiron of big-city interests. Connecticut General, designed by the Manhattan office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is a prime example of the best in large-scale planning, functional building and site development...
Among other inconsistencies ,of course, was the football team which managed to win only two of eight starts, but than no one seemed overly-interested in the gridiron. The Faculty Committee on Athletics was the notable exception, and Mr. Jordan was retired on the basis of "poor teaching," which many people took to mean an inability to win football games...
FEBRUARY. Councillor Vellucci will publish his first volume of poetry, entitled, I,I,I, and Humility. Dean Bundy will deny that he wants to become football coach in an attempt to "bring government to the gridiron." Seven members of the Government and Economics Departments will suffer nervous collapses when the Americans for Democratic Action disbands...
Those who saw the varsity's 35-20 loss to Princeton may have been reminded of the 1952 season when both Yale and Princeton defeated the Crimson by astronomical scores, with an upset win by Brown sandwiched in between. In order to prevent a repetition of gridiron history and to enter the Yale game next week with something like an outside chance, a good showing by the varsity today is a must...
With the turning of the leaves and the rapid approach of the gridiron season, familiar grumblings about the system of ticket distribution again highlight dinner tabletalk. The old bruhaha continues to evoke undergraduate gripes and groans, most complainers failing to realize why they must bear the gross inconvenience of requesting their billets two weeks in advance...