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...found no completely satisfactory substitutes for McGregor and Crosby at the defense posts, nor has any replacement been found for Cunningham at right wing. Pruyn, who had early training at Concord will probably prove one of the most brilliant ice stars over developed at Harvard. He was the mainstay of last year's Freshman team which won six out of seven games, succumbing only to Concord in an overtime period. Pruyn will probably play pivot position on the second string between Baldwin at left wing, and Lincoln, at right wing. Hasler, Beale, Pell, Everett, and Gleason will constitute material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY SKATERS ENCOUNTER M.I.T. IN GARDEN CLASH | 12/15/1932 | See Source »

...story starts in Scrooby, in Shakespearean times, when William Brewster, lord of the manor, first listened to the Brownists preach of a God whom the Church of England failed to recognize. After a stormy career at court Brewster retired to his country home, became the mainstay of what was regarded as a rabid sect. Among these were Eleazar Dexter and his younger brother John who, though saints of a kind, still thought enough of the devil to fall in love. Both loved the same girl, but in different ways. Eleazar was a religious bigot who loved Anne in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rich White | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

Charles Devens '33, storm center of Harvard baseball, and J. W. Crickard '33, mainstay of the Harvard 1931 football team, will be members of the Harvard-Yale-Princeton football squad which is to meet a similar team from three California universities at the Olympics this summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Olympic Football | 6/23/1932 | See Source »

...know, even in Greece itself. . . . Some of the city walls must be of the Fifth Century before Christ. . . . There is a temple of the period of Augustus [contemporary with Christ] and there is a water clock of the Second Century A. D. . . . This city, called Minturnae, was the mainstay of the Romans, their base of operations so to speak in their wars with Carthage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Penn's Minturnae | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

Captain F. S. Nicholas '33 has been the mainstay of the Crimson attack throughout the year and has been classed with the best amateur players of New England. He has been a consistent scorer and is expected to go far towards piling up a winning total against the Tiger tomorrow. His defense work, and cool skillful play in scrimmages, combined with the steady polo playing of W. S. Luton '33 and Crispin Cooke '32, has enabled the Crimson team to edge the Cavalry, Lancers, 101st Field Artillery, and Westwood trios. The Indoor Polo Association of America voted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON POLO TRIO OPENS NEW SERIES HERE | 2/5/1932 | See Source »

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