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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stanford team, composed of Gerald Marcus '38, chairman of the Peace Committee at Stanford and Carl Diesenroth '38, former champion debater in the Pasadena Junior College, claimed that compulsory arbitration was a real necessity and that it could be enforced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEBATING TEAM MEETS LELAND STANFORD MEN | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

Baltimore, Md., Feb. 14--Germaine G. Glidden '36 today defeated Leroy Weir of Detroit to retain his title as United States Squash Racquets Champion in the National tournament here. His semi-final victory came at the expense of Hunter Lott, of Philadelphia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glidden Wins | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

Stanford will be represented by Gerald Marcus, chairman of the university's peace committee, and Carl Diesenroth, former champion debater in the Pasadena Junior College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Arbitration Of Labor Conflicts Is Subject for Debaters | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

Undefeated Varsity matmen face their first crucial test today at the hands of champion wrestlers from the University of Pennsylvania in the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY MATMEN TILT PENN WRESTLERS HERE | 2/12/1938 | See Source »

...September 11, 1936, a boyish-looking ex-lightweight champion of Harvard named Munro Leaf published a 64-page children's book called Ferdinand. It was the tale of a Spanish bull that refused to fight, and Author Leaf had written it in one afternoon. Ferdinand sold only 13,736 copies the first year. Then it really began to go. By last week it had sold 90,000 copies; Author Leaf and Illustrator Robert Lawson had made about $10,000 in royalties ; Walt Disney had purchased Ferdinand for a Silly Symphony; letters were pouring in accusing Ferdinand of Red, Fascist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Children's Favorite | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

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