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Small Shads, called mew yaps, must shag for their elders, rise at 4 a.m. to close the windows in winter, when temperatures of 30° below are no rarity. Divided into Gophers and Badgers for intra mural sports, Shattuck boys excel at most, helped introduce football to the Midwest. When Shads rebel at fish twice a week and ice cream only once, they stiffly march down the hill against orders, march back up again. Some loyal Old Shads: Diplomat Robert Woods Bliss, President George M. Moffett of Corn Products Refining Co., President Henry A. Scandrett of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul...
...still woefully few compared to the Luftwaffe, which last week, by its comparative inaction, appeared to be gathering itself for its greatest lethal swoop of all. R. A. F. sought to hamper those preparations by seeking out German planes upon the ground-a technique at which the Germans excel and a cardinal practice of the U. S. Air Corps' doctrine: "Find 'em, fix 'em and fight 'em." At Rouen, Merville and Schiphol (Amsterdam), concentrations of German aircraft were destroyed, including troop-carrying groups. At Borkum, Brunsbiittel and Norderney, the Fleet Air Arm joined in trying...
...next and last issue of the "Advocate" (available within a week), contains illustrations by Howard Turner which, in certain cases, excel the characteristic finesse which his past performances have led us to expect. His drawing for "The Mother" exemplifies Turner's economy of line in relation to the idea which he desires to express. He manages, fully and with apparent case, to convey the implications and framework of the story for which his illustration is created, without confusing the reader. Turner shows imagination, a sense of coherence, and an intelligent suppression of detail in his work...
...excel in swallowing goldfish...
...Bitsy Grant in the famed Seabright tournament last summer), the Murphy twins have no intention of becoming "tennis bums" (amateur players who tour the circuit of bigtime tournaments and live on the clubs' "expense accounts"). They want jobs as basketball coaches, a game at which they also excel...