Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Lorimer, the President, escaped to his home town several days previously and then made his way to Boston assisted by a strong-arm squad of freshmen, in spite of 1923 detective work.
A long list of speakers and entertainers were on the banquet program, which lasted till midnight. The freshmen arrived home at 4.30.
Harvard is considering a new departure in the way of a minor Sports Club modelled along the lines of the present Varsity Club. Yale, a few years ago instituted the "Y" Club and, shortly afterwards, similar institutions were formed at Harvard and Princeton, membership being based solely upon the possession...
At Harvard, minor sports have been most unsuccessful for the past decade. There has been little enthusiasm, few candidates and, on the whole, poor candidates and, onn the whole, poor teams, far below the standard set by her major sport teams. Yale and Princeton have been winning with remarkable regularity...
This hardly seems to solve the problem. The Varsity letter in itself is a big incentive and a big reward for playing on major sport teams. Its value is not enchanted by also bringing with it the membership in the Varsity Club. The insignia awarded for minor sports is, after...