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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only say that Mr. Boas has undoubtedly encountered these discouraging people. It is difficult, however, to shake off the idea that here is the devil's advocate again. It is hard to believe that a man endowed with sympathy could not find, even in "Vandalia", where Mr. Boas' professor fell on such rocky soil, people with vivacious minds, and to be sure that the fault did not lie chiefly with the professor who let bluster over-awe him. Evidently people were to him no even book, and he never passed beyond the title page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSIONAL TRIALS | 5/22/1926 | See Source »

...pulled nearly a length ahead of Coach Steven's first boat. The second University crew was two lengths behind half way down the course, when the wash from the launches forced them to stop rowing for a moment; from there to the finish they were in rough water and fell far behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREWS PREPARE FOR SATURDAY'S RACES | 5/18/1926 | See Source »

Upon Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann fell the responsibility of uttering honeyed words to the hotel tourists en masse. Diffident hotel gentlefolk blushed as Herr Stresemann cried: "You are the world's leaders in your line of business, and, indeed, one may ask wherein Americans are not leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The World's Leaders | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...track team led by Captain W. I. Tibbetts '26 established its claim to a position as one of the most dangerous dual meet squads in the country by cracking four of the meet records out of the six which fell during the afternoon and doubling the margin of victory which was run up last year. The record breaking performances were the more remarkable considering the cold rain which fell intermittently, slowing up the track and handicapping the men in the field events. The Dartmouth team outscored the University in only five of the 15 events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Outrun the Big Green While Ball Team Loses to Penn | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...Junior boat pulled away in the lead at the start of the race, but soon fell behind the powerful Senior outfit. The latter increased its lead to a whole length and held it until the last 300 yards of the mile and three quarters course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR A PULLS AWAY FROM SENIOR BOAT FOR HARD WIN | 5/14/1926 | See Source »

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