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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hodder's first season will be a difficult one, since last year's team lost heavily by graduation. One great advantage for the new coach, however, is the building of the new rink on Memorial Drive. The rink is being constructed by the Boston Skating Club and is scheduled to he completed by December...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hodder Follows Joe Stubbs, as Hockey Coach; Gives Plans for Coming Season | 9/24/1938 | See Source »

Cambridge and Harvard are not difficult to navigate once knows the way around. At the start, however, the University and its surroundings may seem rather hit or miss. For that reason the accompanying map and its explanation below can be of service in first finding where's what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE NAVIGATION SET FORTH IN EASY LESSONS | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

...spectators from a ball that travels 100 miles an hour. Object of the game is to scoop the ball (either in the air or on first bounce) as it bounds off the front wall, and, in a split second, return it so that it will be in a difficult position for the opposing player (or players) to catch. Points are scored in the same manner as tennis or handball. Winning score varies from seven points (singles) to 25 points (doubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Merry Festival | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...harbor at Juneau is indeed ice-free, but not the shore. Icy shorelines make it difficult to land planes for maintenance. Such conditions decided Pan American to shift its New York terminus on the Bermuda run from Port Washington, L. I. to ice-free Baltimore. For the same reason, Pan American will use land planes at Juneau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 5, 1938 | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

...estimated 1938-39 crop, prospects for a sizable reduction of this tremendous carry-over are dim indeed. Last week, cotton prices tumbled to 8.20? a lb., making loans mandatory under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace singled out cotton as "perhaps the most difficult single situation with which we are faced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CROPS: Difficult Situations | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

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