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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what is "a petty public service?" I should say that an act were either a public service or else no public service, and I should say that a note on a genuine new fashion would fall into the latter class, being a service not to the General Public, but to the editors of TIME, who are trying to get something for nothing. What is the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

Fifty Cents. Up to Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York marched a process server with a subpoena for the Governor to appear as witness in behalf of one Lyman H. Bevans, Albany attorney facing disbarment. Governor Smith accepted the service, either to show he held himself no different from common citizens in the law's eyes, or because he was ignorant of the fact that the Governor of New York cannot be subpoenaed. With the subpoena, Governor Smith accepted the customary witness fee-50 cents -which he soon dropped into a Roman Catholic poorbox. When notified that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...Yard increased so much that this custom became impractical.. It wanted for several years; and then came Rinehart to replace it altogether. Imagine the situation today had the tradition been maintained; the Yard would be a spot of incessant uproar day and night, and overemphasis on either athletics or studies would certainly be averted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tradition Is Young Idea, Not Musty Growth, at University | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...Jones has found the right position for the lanky ex-quarterback. Quarrier and Eddy are two husky tackles who should give Harvard's linemen a ride. In addition Eddy can boot the pigskin over the goal line every time on the kick-off. The writer does not think either of the Eli tackles have been getting their just dues in the reports of the games. Half of the beautiful runs of Yale backs are only possible because Red Quarrier and Max Eddie open up holes a mile wide...

Author: By The YALE News, | Title: Tradition Stirs Harvard Team to Fighting Stand Against Eli | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

Many changes and improvements are occuring through new construction at Yale Field this year. New projects either completed or nearing completion include the Walter Camp Memorial, the Charles E. Coxe Memorial, new Baseball stands, new varsity Soccer and Lacrosse Field, and new Roadway from the Walter Camp Memorial to the Bowl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Field, Scene of Wide Construction Program, is Expecting Brilliant Future | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

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