Word: callings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agree with Reader Smith that we should strive to give Mr. Hitler generations of free advertising by incorporating his name into our language. . . . It seems to me that the suggested word "hitler" savors too much of yielding, because of temporary emotion, to the childish impulse to "call names.". . . If I want to do something along that line, why not incorporate the word "Munich," using it to signify "a bloodless coup achieved by bad faith, trickery and deceit...
There are a couple of changes in the probable starting Harvard lineup. Fran Lee will start at wingback in place of the bruised Joe Gardella, and Gene Lovett gets the call at right end over Jim Devine. Chub Peabody is listed as the ranking left guard...
Notes between the notes: Word has slipped through that Benny Pollack, famous old Dixieland band leader, has sued Benny Goodman, Bob Crosby and various other people for swiping some of his arrangements, "Bugle Call Rag" being mentioned specifically. This may or may not be true. But, if this sort of suit is going to be the fashion, most of the country's better band leaders are going to end up behind the bars. It's been the custom for sometime to swipe ideas from everyone on standard tunes such as "Bugle Call Rag"...Artie Shaw has been sued for another...
Frannie Lee displaced Joe Gardella at wingback in signal drill. Joe has been bothered by a number of bruises sustained in the Princeton game which have slowed him up considerably. Since Harlow wants to have his plays run at top speed during signals, he is giving Lee the call for the sessions. This does not mean, however, that Lee will rate the whistle over Joe on Saturday...
Down in Eliville the race is still undecided, with both the Calhoun Senators and the Saybrook Seals in the running for the championship. Neither team has been defeated, but the Calhoun eleven has been held to a tie three times so Saybrook is likely to get the call...