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...series of vaudeville blackouts, he is soon befuddling the Army psychological examiners while they are trying to catechize him; enraging the drill sergeant who will not realize that Johnny is lefthanded; unintentionally stealing the captain's girl. From this rough & tumble, the show then leaps to exalted heights when Johnny apostrophizes the Statue of Liberty as he sails away to France. And from the revue stage and poetic drama, the play proceeds to a forceful sequence of impressionistic scenes. Johnny is found in a trench with his company and while they writhe their twisted limbs in troubled sleep, three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 30, 1936 | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

...down to the bone. Each slit lies slightly more than an inch away from the midline of the skull and crosses a line running across the head from ear to ear. At each junction of the ear-to-ear line and the slits in the scalp, Drs. Freeman & Watts drill a hole with a dentist's bur. The bur holes permit passage of a leucotome, or lobotomy cannula, a hollow needle through which a loop of wire can be slipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Southern Doctors | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

This afternoon the last and most dramatic football practice of the year will be held on Soldiers Field. Seven Seniors will take part in their last drill as undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVEN SENIORS WILL HAVE FINAL PRACTICE | 11/19/1936 | See Source »

Captain Jim Gaffney, Charley Kessler, Bob Jones, Bill Watt, George Hedblom, Mal McTernen, and George Ford run through their final signal drill today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVEN SENIORS WILL HAVE FINAL PRACTICE | 11/19/1936 | See Source »

...light workout yesterday finished up the serious preparation for the Bulldog. Only the kickers worked out in the Stadium, while the signal drill and pass defense and offense were carried on in the Cage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVEN SENIORS WILL HAVE FINAL PRACTICE | 11/19/1936 | See Source »

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