Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...folder and was stepping off his stand. A perplexed hush followed. Vag looked around, a bit puzzled, but nobody moved. Pink and purple argyles, he thought, was this a last class? Still nobody moved, but Vag decided to risk a gambit and slapped his notebook closed with a loud crack. It was the right thing to do, for right away his row was clapping and the whole class caught on when the professor reached the door. Dr. Fairexam (office hours Mondays and Fridays) footnoted the applause with a smile and Vag congratulated himself for his foresight. He had saved...
...been the majustay of the hurling brigade but Harper has not given all his pitchers a chance yet. Clay twirled a four-hit shutout against suffolk Saturday and hit at a three for four clip at the plate. He pitched for the Jayvees last year and may get a crack at Varsity competition this season, although he will most likely be brought up to the Varsity next season. Roger Davis, Freshman twirler last year, and John Hanson bolster the mound staff but Hauson has been out with a bad shoulder...
...Crimson tennis players took off at the crack of dawn today bound for Brunswick, Maine, and a match with Bowdoin. The team is hoping rainclouds will keep away and give them a chance to defeat the Bowdoin unit, which escaped last year when a storm halted played with Harvard ahead...
...consistently brings a crack team to Soldiers Field. Last year they trimmed the Crimson twice with Dick Snow, veteran of the visitors' mound staff who will oppose Harvard this afternoon, turning in a 2 to 1 teninning win. In fact, Coach Mel Collard has named practically an all-veteran lineup. Only outfielders Walt Anderson and George Boston, erstwhile Crimson athlete, are newcomers. Boston bat's in the cleanup slot...
Well over 100 people gathered in Kirkland Junior Common Room last night heard speakers at the tenth career conference turn over the possibilities of "government" as a profession, and finally decide that like almost all the other careers discussed in the current series, it is a tough nut to crack...