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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Those who are fond of discussing the subject of 'Harvard and the Liberal Education' can gain some pointers at the Stadium almost any Saturday afternoon. An education which fails to teach its recipient to cheer when his team wins and not to complain when the wind blows easterly, though it may be a liberal education, it is not the education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...William Smathers, came an answer. Declaring that there would be no attempted Barkley ouster, Mr. Wheeler said: "Why should there be? He leads only [Indiana's] Minton and [Washington's] Schwellenbach. We have the votes to remove him if we like, but we would have nothing to gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Answer on Barkley | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

There were two upsets in the earlier rounds. Howard Kahn third seeded John Palfrey in a quarter final round grueller, while unseeded Dickinson ousted Chester Legg '40 in an earlier round. Another surprise came when Arthur Brooks '39 defeated Jack Stewart '40 to gain the distinction of being the only senior in the quarter finals. Walter Muther '40 gave Burt his stiffest battle before succumbing in three sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BURT GILKEY TO MEET AS TENNIS FINALISTS | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

Outstanding Eastern hero so far this season has been Columbia's Halfback Sidney Luckman, whose passing equals the best performances in football history. In last fortnight's game against Yale, Halfback Luckman completed ten out of 17 passes (most of them on the run) for a total gain of 146 yards, scored a touchdown and kicked three extra points. He not only throws a 50-yd. pass like a catcher pegging to second base, but feints his opponents out of position like a boxer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Third Saturday | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...sell their bonds will be. And they insist on getting both these things themselves in the price they offer for the bonds. So that, in the end, the company not only loses its broad distribution and what value to it that represents, but, also, it has no real net gain in the net price and, finally, the effect of a private sale is that the company can never, during the 30-year life of these bonds, take advantage, as it otherwise could, of lower bond prices in future years in purchasing bonds for the sinking fund, for it is safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETS: New Tri | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

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