Freshman football coach George Walter expressed belief this week that the material graduating into Lawrence Varsity ranks is some of the best to turn up in the college’s history. The frosh mentor, in a review of the junior Vike’s six week season, gave particularly high praise to the 47 promising gridders for the fine squad…
Blast from the Past: Chase for Greek Athletic Honors to Begin Next Week
With but three minor changes in the schedule for the year, the 1927-28 interfraternity sports program will get under way next week. Tennis, last year a spring sport, will be played this fall, changing places with golf. Baseball will be replaced by playground baseball, and a new event will be added in horseshoes. Otherwise the schedule remains intact. Tennis will…
Blast from the Past: A guide to campus stereotypes
Published 9/22/1967 Author Scott Lewis One of the prime instincts of the Froshus novice upon arriving at the unfamiliar campus habitat is to seek security in stereotyping. The Froshus novice quickly evaluates its fellow Froshus novices and Classmen upperi for physical appearances, mannerisms, etc. in order to place them in any number of broad categories.…
Blast from the past: Athletes Honored
Author: Unknown Published: May 22, 1980 Last weekend saw the close of Lawrence’s sports activities for the year 1956-1957. Some of the accomplishments were worthy of a Viking Saga. Others did not appear to be. Track To get the unfortunate out of the way first, we will begin with track. Our seventh place in the…
Blast From the past: Athletes Honored
Author: Unknown Published: May 22, 1986 11 of Lawence University’s best athletes were cited Tuesday morning at the university’s annual Honors Day convocation. Senior Dan Galante received both the Iden C. Charles Champion Cup for excellence in scholarship, athletics, college spirit and loyalty and the Bernard E. Heselton Memorial Prize, awarded annually to the most…
Blast From The Past: Vikes grab third place
Author: Kevin Rettelle Published: May 26. 1976 The Lawrence University men’s track team competed in its final meet of the year this past weekend with a third place finish at the Midwest Conference meet. This year the two-day event was held at the University of Chicago’s Alonzo Stagg Field. The Vikes did well on the…