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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SERVICE RECORD BY AN ARTILLERYMAN -L. V. Jacks-Scribners ($2). From a position as impersonal as an historian's account of the battle of Crécy, Author Jacks describes his War experiences. "Major Thompson dismounted and walked back and forth among the cannon. ... He replied that the shot was not made that would kill him. ..." Scenes of hideousness are frequent, gallantry omnipresent. A cool sense of the pictorial dominates a style metaphorically fine (if you think airplanes "steam by"). Non-belligerents will enjoy an atmosphere of accuracy (if you think English soldiers wear "mufti"). The suggestion of continual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Artilleryman | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

Coach Hawley is being assisted this year by four former Dartmouth stars. John MacAuiffe '16, and Cy Aschenbach '24, last year's captain, are the line coaches, Eddie Lynch '23, the end coach, and Jack Cannell '19, head coach during 1921 and 1922, the backfield coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduation and Probation Shoot Big Green Squad Full of Holes as Football Practice Starts Off at Hanover | 9/27/1924 | See Source »

This taboo, like all others, at times works hardship on the public. It arouses curiosity without allaying it. For example, it was recently news that Philadelphia baseball fans would present Cy Williams with a "new motor car " for his ability as a home-run hitter. Affection it was, pure and simple. Everyone likes to read about affection and, having found it, wants to know how much. Did Philadelphia fans love Cy Williams like a Rolls-Royce or Ford? But for a civil answer the journals said: " A motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Etiquette | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Philadelphia and St. Louis National League baseball teams made ten home runs in a single game, breaking the league record. Cy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bombardment | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

...Cy Williams, Ken Williams and Walter Henline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: May 19, 1923 | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

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