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...drive for the necessary 500 signatures will begin immediately in the Freshman Hall and if it meets with success the canvass will be extended in order to take in the entire University. M. A. Cheek '26, head proctor in the Smith Hall, has approved of these plans and dormitory chairmen have volunteered in each hall. A. G. Hart '30, and Jackson Hurd '30 will organize the petitioning in the Smith Halls, W. B. Thurber '30 in Standish, W. T. Wetmore '30 in McKinlock, and T. F. Mason '30 in Gore. Although the move is starting in the Freshman Halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plans for University Dining Hall Sanctioned by Lowell | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

...First National Pictures' canvass for college men is a good move," said W. A. Williams '15 who is playing the leading roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas now being given at the Plymouth Theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Expression of Impervious Indifference Is Meet for Hollywood--Williams Favors College Canvass | 4/27/1927 | See Source »

Never, we are sure, has a greater compliment been paid to The Nation in the sixty-two years of this periodical's existence than that bestowed upon us by the faculty and students of Harvard University. The Crimson, having made a canvass within that institution, has discovered that The Nation ranks third on the list of weekly magazines in popularity among those who voted in this referendum. Only the Saturday Evening Post and Liberty surpassed us in the esteem of the thinkers in our oldest American university. Advertising agencies and national advertisers will please take notice that in esteem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 4/8/1927 | See Source »

TIME is my favorite magazine. In St. Petersburg, Fla., recently I made a canvass of a number of newsstands before I found a copy of TIME. When found, the man behind the counter remarked when he handed it to me, "This is only a rich man's magazine." When asked why he thought so, he said: "One never sees the portrait of any other than a rich man, on the front cover." He challenged me to name a single exception. I could not do it. Are there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Phillips Brooks House clothing canvass which closed last Saturday netted an odd assortment of Harvard haberdashery. Nineteen pairs by knickers, 20 soft felt hats, 15 stiff collars, four white full dress vests and one pair of cerise flannel underwear were among the sartorial prizes contributed for the needy Northmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cerise Underclothing Lends High Tone to Eleemosynary Drive for Discarded Toggery--Malamutes Get Full Dress Vests | 11/30/1926 | See Source »

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