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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when Cliff Wolf tore a ligament in his left knee against Springfield, the second game on the schedule, the prophecies made by local sports scribes faded into history and left Mooney the difficult task of reorganizing his combination. This he did immediately, but success was not apparent until Wednesday night when the Lions completely outclassed Penn's quintet by a margin far greater than the 39-to-33 score indicates...

Author: By Edwin P. Kaufmann, SPORTS EDITOR, THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR | Title: Flashy Columbia Five Holds Slight Hope of Win Tonight | 2/19/1938 | See Source »

...encouraging to know that the library authorities are investigating undergraduate suggestions for the limitation of book borrowing to two weeks. Widener this year has been buffeted by criticisms of its poor lighting and the exclusiveness of its stack privileges. But while its guardians may find it difficult to correct structural faults---to cast aside inefficient desk lamps and supply the kind of competent over-head lighting system that delights the denizens of Langdell Hall---still the library overlords can eliminate the blight from borrowing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INVITATION TO INERTIA | 2/19/1938 | See Source »

...winner of the International League is now a foregone conclusion, tonight's contest will be more significant in respect to the outcome of the Quadrangular League, composed of Harvard, Yale Princeton, and Dartmouth. Harvard faces the difficult feat of winning all their remaining games in this loop if they are to walk off with top honors for the third consecutive year. At present Dartmouth has a commanding lead with four victories, two over Yale and one over Princeton and Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sextet Seeks Comeback Over Tigers; Mermen Face 'Y' | 2/16/1938 | See Source »

...bestowing the degree Baxter read the following citation: "A chemist who sought to unlock the secret of plant growth; now the leader of a more difficult and more important quest; how to advance scholarship and maintain liberty in 20th century America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONANT AWARDED DEGREE AT WILLIAMS BY PHINEY BAXTER | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

...days Northwest's license to carry passengers because of failure to maintain equipment up to required standards. This was a slap in the face for Northwest Airlines, which until this crash due to a structural failure, had the enviable record of eleven years' flying over difficult mountain terrain without one fatal accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Tail Trouble | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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