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Finally very late in the first half, Coy drop-kicked a 29-yard field goal through the uprights. Yale stormed back in the second half to cap another drive to Harvard's 32 with Coy's second three-pointer of the day, and that was enough to put an end to Harvard's undefeated record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1909: Unbeaten Teams and Hoopla, But What a Lousy Football Game! | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

American colleges and universities have trained men for war since 1819, when a former West Pointer went up to Vermont to found a college (now Norwich University) where military instruction would be part of the curriculum. The idea gained popularity. During the Civil War, Congress voted to provide free land for civilian colleges that agreed to offer military instruction to their students. In 1916, this "land-grant" system of military training was transformed into the present-day Reserve Officer Training Corps...

Author: By David I. Bruck, | Title: A History of ROTC: On to Recruitment | 3/14/1968 | See Source »

...other remarkable fact about London ticket collectors, and bus drivers, is that most are black. To a visitor, this is probably the clearest and most immediate pointer to a problem which is fast assuming major proportions...

Author: By Kerry Gruson, | Title: Britain's Race Problem: Quick Rewrite of an American Tradition | 11/1/1967 | See Source »

That final three-pointer by fine little place-kicker Tommy Wynne, ended twenty-eight embarassing minutes of scoreless silence by the first string offense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Team Nearly Outscores First in Intrasquad Scrimmage | 9/25/1967 | See Source »

...sacked out on an air mattress in the mud." Then came a voice telling him to get up and go to Saigon to take care of Miss America. Not bad for a dream. Even better as the real McCoy. So U.S. Army Captain Frank Lennon, 25, a West Pointer and a gentleman, scraped off the mud and flew to Saigon to act as official escort for Jane Anne Jayroe, 20, the current Miss America, and five former state beauty queens arriving for a 17-day tour of Viet Nam. And how came Lennon by this boondoggle? He just wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 25, 1967 | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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