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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exam harried group of Yardlings will battle the high spirited Andover crew in the latter's home cage and these two facts should give the Freshmen a ten point handicap. The Crimson is strong in the dashes and runs, depending largely on the support of Doug Pirnie, Don Forte, Ted Graves, Paul Johrde, Fred Phinney, and Ray Guild for points...

Author: By Paul I. Carp, | Title: Boardmen Compete in BAA; Weight Heavers Vie in Cages | 2/10/1940 | See Source »

...layoff" during exam period has given the squad a chance to improve conditioning and polish up on form...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Wrestlers Grapple Confident Tigermen on Princeton Mats | 2/10/1940 | See Source »

Anyone recuperating from a three-hour blow-off in Abnormal Psychology or Relational Logic might normally expect to find solace for his woes by staggering into the University Theatre and letting his mind go blank for a couple of hours. But not so with the current show. Any exam as involved as "Another Thin Man" would be run out of college by the Dean's Office. Sinister characters wander across the screen throwing knives and shooting each other in bewildering confusion. Of course, by the end of the picture, the whole plot is very simple,--to William Powell. But script...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/2/1940 | See Source »

...this "Rulers of the Sea" flick, and it's not enough. Sometimes the thing moves so slowly that you wish a good gust of wind would some around and help those engines along. Not that it isn't a hell of a lot more interesting than a History I exam. If you like good photographic shots of ships plowing into heavy scas and steel slithering on steel down below why you might even like this rather than just tolerate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

Dewey's comment was, "This is a tough exam. But I've been cramming for that last question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergraduate Gives Dewey Government 40' Exam Paper | 1/24/1940 | See Source »

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