Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second half the game was speeded up due to some fast playing on the part of the Freshmen. G. H. Pattison '32 and Captain W. J. Holland '32 each scored six goals from field while Pattison's floorwork was also outstanding. Tabor's right forward, S. N. Clark, played well for the visiting team...
...letter received yesterday by Captain M. J. Brennan, of the police force, the Commission asked him to kidnap the "half starved cats who perch on the back-yard fences" and disturb the sleep of many a Harvard man. The Housing Commission suggested no method by which the cats may be gotten rid of, however, and Captain Brennan said that he was also at a loss to think of a plan of action that might be employed in the war on the felines. He suggested that he might call for volunteers among his men to form a "bean blower squad...
...Captain W. H. Richards has announced that he will give a special showing of his mechanical man, Robot, for students in the University, at which time he will be glad to make extensive explanations and answer any questions...
When asked if the mechanical man could walk, Captain Richards stated that without a sense of balance, nothing, on two legs, could walk. At the suggestion of a gyroscope, he said, that the necessary mechanism would weigh far too much and that it would fall at the least irregularity of the path...
...Robot moves with human-like movements, talks distinctly and is built in the semblance of a six-foot man. The most remarkable thing about this automaton, is his ability to answer any question within reason. Captain Richards explained that each question had a key number, such as 74, the sound waves of the seven and four combined making a certain rate of vibration on a wire inside the man, which vibrations cause him to give the correct answer...