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Dates: during 1940-1949
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None of the girls had been out on many dates with Princeton men, but still their impression was none too good, "They spend much more money than Harvard men," was the only favorable comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALK BETTER, SHAVE MORE, DEMAND OF TYPICAL DATES | 12/7/1940 | See Source »

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry D. Jay, military R.O.T.C. head here, expressed his enthusiasm over the new course, stating, "I am going to recommend that all R.O.T.C. students who have not had plane trigonometry take this course." Captain George N. Barker, head of the Naval R.O.T.C., could not be reached for comment but it is expected that he will also vigorously support the course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW COURSES ARE ADDED TO CURRICULUM | 12/6/1940 | See Source »

...Williams lifts his material clear of the stodgy fog banks of Naturalism. To this central ability he brings an impressive set of spare tools. Joyce himself has scarcely greater precision with dialogue, and only Richard Hughes has written so well of the behavior of children. Without one line of comment, Williams makes clear "social significances" which the authors of Middletown can only bumble over. With scarcely a skid into deliberate lyricism, whole chapters become lyric. Dickens without gush, Dreiser without fat, Lardner without cynicism, might combine to approximate it. On his subtle, flexible, nonliterary monotone, Dr. Williams seems to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Edible Slice-of-Life | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...comment was forthcoming from Fesler after his visit with Cardinal athletic authorities last weekend, and he has said that the next move will have to come from Wesleyan. An official announcement of the hiring of Fesler is expected from Middletown next week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FESLER FUTURE STILL IN DOUBT--UP TO WESLEYAN | 11/30/1940 | See Source »

...refuse to concede the last touchdown to the Cambridge eleven until I see the full-length, four-bell, three-dimensional, technicolor movies of the game," was the terse post-game comment of high-flying King Brewster, captain of the Eli periodical outfit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON TOUCHBALLERS TRIM FEEBLE YALE BLUE-BELLIES | 11/23/1940 | See Source »

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