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...spirit is to poetry. Its exact definition, however, has given jazzmen many a troubled hour. Author Hugues Panassie of the classic Le Jazz Hot tentatively explains "swing" as "une sorte de balancement dans de rythme et la mélodic qui comporte toujours un grand dynamisme." To black Bandmaster Chick Webb of Harlem's Savoy Ballroom, swing "is like lovin' a special girl, and you don't see her for a year, and then she comes back it's somethin' inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho ! | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

...shape on Saturday, although lately suffering from injuries, and will probably begin the game. Still, the ability of Paul Pauk, former Worcester School player, Jack White, who has shone in many games in place of LeVan, and the fleet Jack Irwin make them all equally potential starters. In addition, Chick Kaufman, brother of Les Kaufman, who was a main cog in last year's backfield, will probably be a replacement at halfback owing to his punting prowess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARRIERS ENTRAIN FOR TRI-MEET AT PRINCETON | 11/9/1935 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Art, he went there. His first job was on the defunct Philadelphia Times at $12 a week. Later a bright young editor named Brisbane hired him for Pulitzer's New York World, where he did a Sunday page about "The Filipino & The Chick." When Hearst, the newcomer, began raiding Pulitzer's staff, Anderson joined the parade to higher wages, joined Hearst's Journal where he drew "Raffles & Bunny." Since then he has produced innumerable bits for newspapers and magazines, mostly without distinction until he hit upon Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Henry & Philbert | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

Other coaches who were mentioned as prospective head coaches of Harvard next year, were Andy Kerr, mentor of the Red Raiders from the Chenango Valley, and Chick Meehan of Manhattan, but officials at the H.A.A. had nothing to say concerning the possibilities of these men assuming the head-coachship of Harvard football next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casey's Resignation Made Public, While Speculation As to Successor Runs High | 12/5/1934 | See Source »

...Twenty-five years ago, Chandler Egan put young Chick Evans out of the National Amateur in the semifinals. They played each other for the second time last week. Evans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again, Little | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

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