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...women since 1886 in Physical Education. Last year 149 students were enrolled in the 42 courses given under the department. From a recent compilation it was learned that students who have taken courses at Harvard are now occupying important positions in 45 different states, Canada, Cube, England, France, China, and Japan. Representatives are engaged in many fields of service including 213 colleges, 234 secondary schools, 62 normal schools, 318 public schools, 69 Y.M.C.A's. 47 Y.W.C.A.'s, 18 municipal gymnasiums, 28 athletic clubs, and 27 state institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHYSICAL EDUCATION SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER SESSION IS GIVEN OUT | 4/16/1932 | See Source »

...wore his evening clothes throughout the tournament, entranced spectators by the suave and cautious ritual with which he filed his cue-point, sandpapered it, chalked it, then powdered his sharp-fingered hands. Only once was Greenleaf ruffled. That was in his seventh match when he missed his favorite cube of chalk. Puzzled, he asked his opponent, Andrew Ponzi, if he had seen it anywhere. ''I'm not sure!" said Ponzi, then produced it from his pocket where he had slyly secreted it with several scraps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pocket Billiards | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

Bulk: All the gold mined in the world since 1492 would make a cube whose sides would be only 38.5 ft. long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gold Report | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...outcome of the clash is a toss-up. Last year the Harvard cube swamped their Hanover Opponents 8-0, and the Indian first-year men are eager for revenge. They were defeated by the Yale Freshman less than a fortnight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1933 HOCKEY TEAMS CLASH | 2/15/1930 | See Source »

...Will H. Hays Jr., 14. Died. William L. Strong, 44, of Peoria, Ill., famed lightning calculator; on a rail-road viaduct in Bartonville, Ill., where he was mentally adding the figures on passing box cars for practice. Calculator Strong told builders the number of bricks needed for walls, computed cube roots in his head, invoiced store stocks from memory. Always he said: "I don't know how I do it." A year ago he had a red granite stone set up in a cemetery inscribed: ''William L. Strong, world's greatest mathematician. Wonderful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 29, 1929 | 4/29/1929 | See Source »

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