Word: contests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Henry Smith is so average that J. B. Harcourt (Adolphe Menjou) and his assistant, Brady (Jack Oakie), promoters of the contest, decide to make him a sort of industrial guinea pig to serve as an inexpensive substitute for the Gallup Polls and FORTUNE Surveys. The system works to everyone's advantage except Henry's until he is called upon to decide when and why the average U. S. citizen would go to war. At this point Thanks for Everything explodes into a climax which combines straight slapstick with vigorous satire on such U. S. preoccupations as the advertising...
...Forbes '39 led the attack with seven goals in the fast, hard-riding contest before a capacity gallery. The Crimson men spotted Danvers two goals but went right into action to check up three goals in the first chukker for a lead that was pared down but never lost...
Adams House's first photographic contest will be held during the latter part of March, in the Lowere Common Room it was announced yesterday. Prizes consisting of photographic material will be awarded for the three best prints, the first prize to be material selected by the winner costing up to five dollars, the second prize, up to three dollars and the third prize...
...fourth successive triumph for the Stahleymen, who won the contest without the services of several first string men. Coach Stahley used various combinations and gave his reserves a chance to see much action...
...Harvard boasts a group of good swimmers this year, men with grant prospects generally. Whether their prospects materialize enough to meet the increasingly high standards of League competition this year will be known little by little during every meet. The process of discovery starts with the Alumni contest tomorrow night at 8:15 and ends with the intercollegiate tourneys late in March...