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Graves's tale (based on historical fact) tells how vapid General Mendaña y Castro set sail from Callao, Peru with four ships to take possession of the dimly known Solomons and to convert the heathen -mostly into cash. But the heart of the book, like that of any pirate story, is Graves's evocation of the murderous plotting and quarreling that enlivened the long and miserable voyage: its sailors, soldiers, settlers and missionaries fall on one another (and on the hapless islanders) with a ferocity inspired equally by high zeal and abysmal greed...
Score (Varsity)--Harvard 41, Princeton 11; Harvard 39, Yale 20; Princeton 22, Yale 23. Winner, Johnson (P); Mearns (Y); Gilette (P); Wittreich (P); Ware (Y); Pittis (P); Foley (Y); Gregory (H): Leeming (H); Snedeker (P); Effinger (Y); Cairns (H). Time...
Score (Freshmen)--Harvard 37, Princeton 19; Harvard 24, Yale 33. Princeton 17, Yale 40. Winner, Maxwell (P); Kimmins (P); Forsler (P); Judy (H); Mills (P); Garlofarlo (Y); Kimball (H); Ellis (Y); Adams (H); Ringwalt (P); Little (H); Sprague (Y). Time...
...Leading archaeologists agreed. Crowds of tourists began to make the five-hour trip over rock-strewn roads from Taxco to the Ixcateopan church, where they goggled at a few shoe boxes full of bone fragments and the copper disc found under the altar bearing the inscription: "Señor y Rey, Coatemo...
Crimeds "Mister X and Mister Y" mingled with the Dartmouths for several days, listened to their secret plans for revenge on the Crimson, and then tripped back to Cambridge to share the secrets with Harvard...