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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Johnson, but not, in the scholarly fashion, to buttress a point: it is rather as if he had found in that practical, intelligent and independent critic a turn of mind often not dissimilar to his own. Independence is indeed the keynote of Mr. Van Doren's book. In putting behind him the apparatus and techniques of scholarship, he has dared to do what few other critics have done: he has come face to face with Shakespeare. He has recreated the Shakespearean world, and one would like to quote the entire book to show how well a wise, sensitive and exquisite...

Author: By Milton Crane, | Title: The Bookshelf | 10/19/1939 | See Source »

...Behind every result there is a cause, and at Princeton--where this maxim also holds true--a questionnaire sent to 1,856 men brought striking answers to the paternal collapse. Princeton men sighed over their "inability to have more children" and their "limited financial means." For the first reason, Harvard has nothing but a raised eyebrow. For the second--that purest of emotions, pity. With a comforting arm around the Tiger's tweedy shoulders, we note with care that he earns $6,600 per year, higher than any other college average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT | 10/19/1939 | See Source »

...third score came when Phil Brew, Elephant back, attempted to pass from behind his own goal line and threw the ball into the arms of Avergun, who had only to take two steps to score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudley, Kirkland Trim Eliot, Adams in House Football Engagements | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

Dudley, with two victories already behind it, should score a third at the expense of Eliot, already twice a loser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUNNIES BEAT GREEN DORMITORY TEAM, 19-0 | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

...score was tied until Ace Cordingly heaved a long pass to Moe Hurley, who was standing behind the Deacon goal line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUNNY PASS WINS | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

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