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Hodder this year has had an amazing dearth of capable scorers from whom to build his various combinations. A survey of the statistics will show that only Warren Winslow, Stacy Hulse, Forbes Perkins, and Dave Eaton have been relatively constant in chalking up Crimson tallies this winter. Others may add to the totals, but it is these four who shoulder most of the scoring burden...

Author: By Peter Demmann, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/13/1940 | See Source »

...opportunity to judge how much his boys have benefitted by the experience and coaching of the four months. He will probably use several Sophomores, as this should be an easy match and it is his policy to give everyone a chance to show his stuff. But there was a dearth of material coming up from the '42 squad, and the season's prospects really depend on whether or not the returning lettermen have improved...

Author: By Eugene D. Keith, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/6/1940 | See Source »

...bands either drag when they try it, or think that the nervous excitement resulting from the "stiff" drive style is better. Goodman used to think so, and things like "Sing, Sing, Sing" resulted. But people soon tire of the constant pound of the style and grow sick of the dearth of ideas in the music. So Goodman is trying to shift his band to the other style. Whether he will succeed is a moot question...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

...dearth of students genuinely interested in their work cannot be blamed solely on teaching methods. Certainly another contributing factor is to be found in the fact that colleges and universities have so increased in both size and numbers that they include in their classes many unfitted to receive a liberal arts education. Just as there is no single cause for a decline in the number of students classed by Mr. Frost as "self-starters," so there is no single panacea which will remedy the situation. However, the inclusion on university faculties of men of Mr. Frost's liberal outlook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

...whimsical one-acter, My Heart's in the Highlands, drew praise from many critics. Last week, with his first full-length play, Saroyan had most of the critics throwing their hats in the air. They were willing to forgive The Time of Your Life its lack of form and dearth of plot because of its "poignant beauty," "high quality of imagination," "ever-warming tenderness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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