Word: drawings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decision of the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic sports to discontinue the Yale boxing meets might be looked upon by some not in full command of the facts as the petty retaliation of an undefeated team, piqued at closing the season with a 4-4 draw. If such an argument could be supported by any facts, the extraordinary measure of severing our heretofore amicable relations with Yale, even in this single sport, might be treated with suspicion as well as concern. No shred of evidence, however, has been found to support the novel contention that the National Collegiate Athletic...
Hard feeling arose in the March 7 match in the 145-pound bout between Dwight W. Ellis, Jr. '38 and Loomis of Yale when the fight was given to Yale on the basis of the total points scored by the judges. One referee called it a draw; however, due to the interpretation placed upon the rules by those in charge of the meet at New Haven, the match was given to Yale...
...roadster with the sergeant, whizzed away toward court. After a few blocks Representative Zioncheck swung his car around without warning, roared back to the House Office Building, leaped out, ran up the steps. The sergeant gave chase, begged him to "act like a gentleman." "Take off your glasses and draw your gun," cried Marion Zioncheck. In the ensuing scuffle the sergeant suffered a sprained finger, facial bruises. Capitol police joined the fray, helped hustle Representative Zioncheck into the guard room. Swearing he would sue the police department for false arrest, he finally agreed to go to court. With the courtroom...
...modeled on his Philippine Independence Bill. It provides that on Nov. 2, 1937, Puerto Ricans shall be invited to vote on the question: "Shall the people of Puerto Rico be sovereign and independent?" If a majority vote "Yes" a convention is to be called within seven months to draw up a Constitution to be submitted, within one year, to the President of the U. S. Then a commonwealth would be set up for four years and immediately appropriations of U. S. money for the islands, with certain minor reservations, would cease. There would be free trade between Puerto Rico...
...there is any way to discover 'the" American it is that of the Physical anthropologist. The observer who approaches the question from the nationalistic or cultural standpoint fails to draw a conclusive answer, on the one hand from his natural bias, and on the other by confusion and multiplicity of definitive bases...