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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Heavy scrimmage was the order of the day on Soldiers Field yesterday, as the varsity football squad worked out for almost two hours in a double scrimmage against freshman and jayvee opposition. The offensive team ran bruising contact against the freshmen, while the defense practiced against a jayvee "Holy Cross" formation attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Has Stiff Workout; West Runs on First-String | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

John West replaced Paul Shafer as offensive fullback, running with Bill Henry and Hal Moffie. Cal Lowenstein and Chuck Roche alternated at tallback. In the line, converted end Al Wilson switched with Duke Sedgwick at right tackle, but the rest of the offensive line was almost back at full strength, with both Howie Houston and John Coan running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Has Stiff Workout; West Runs on First-String | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

...speak in their candidate's behalf at any time, the pair has been used only infrequently. Forbes, however, spoke at a reception for the voters in Ward Five at the campaign's outset. Ward Five includes a great portion of Beacon Hill where Forbes himself comes from. Rapaport speaks almost constantly from the sound truck when the squadrons go out in the evening and somewhat less often to student groups at the different schools. Last week he addressed the Dunster House Forum...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: "Flying Squadrons" Pace Hynes Youth Movement in Boston Mayoralty Campaign; Newspaper Highlights Group's Work | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

Other big money losers in the Harvard family are graduate schools. The chief worries here are the Divinity School, which has almost always been in the red, and the Medical School, whose woe is increased by the high costs of its many research programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dwindling Reserves | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

...their handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

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