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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know that most of those players will always play for Texas. Tempted though they may be by the green-backed promises of out-of-state scouts, stars from Texas' 900 league-organized high school teams make a habit of playing their college football at home. (Last season all eleven Abilene lettermen who earned football scholarships went to Texas colleges.) From the muscle foundry at Texas A. & M. to the modest athletic plant at Hardin-Simmons, Texas has more than enough football factories to find a place for its high school talents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: High-Power High Schools | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...Vatican station will broadcast from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (old schedule: four hours in the afternoon, five at night) in Latin and 27 other languages, including Russian, Chinese and eleven others of Communist-sphere countries. Announcers are 20 Jesuits, each a language specialist. U.S. short-wave sets can receive the station in the 31-, 41-and 48-meter bands. In addition to news, theological talks and church ceremonies, the new broadcasts will include chamber music once a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New Voice for the Vatican | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

Last week the eleven overcame Dartmouth 13 to 6, and earlier it defeated Tufts and Springfield. The freshman team is scheduled to play Princeton, Brown, and Yale following today's game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen to Oppose Cheshire | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

Dartmouth, which has yielded only 10 points in five contests this year, completely dominated the game, outrushing the varsity 313 yards to 109 yards. Had the first eleven played more, both the margin of victory and the rushing supremacy might have been considerably greater...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Dartmouth Stifles Varsity Eleven, 26-0; As First Half Setback Clinches Contest | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

Terry Lenzner, captain of last year's undefeated Exeter eleven, spearheaded a stout Crimson defense that kept the pressure on Dartmouth during most of the contest. His touchdown was the first scored against the powerful line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Freshman Eleven Overcomes Dartmouth, 13-6 | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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