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...Banjo Club, led by Henry W. Locke '38, will play "Officer of the Day" and "Goofus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSICAL CLUB WILL PLAY | 12/17/1936 | See Source »

Trumpet-playing, band-leading "Red" Nichols should know the wages of maestri. One of the great white jazzmen of the middle 1920's he recorded with his bands variously under the names of The Ramblers, The Little Ramblers, Red Nichols & His Five Hot Pennies, the Louisiana Rhythm Kings and Goofus Five. Great Nichols numbers: Riverboat Shuffle, Plenty Off Centre, Get With, Eccentric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 23, 1935 | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

...According to press reports, Hibbing's congressman declared that President Roosevelt is a goofus bird that does not care in which direction it flies so long as it keeps on flying. Hibbing's congressman is a buzzard that flies about looking for carrion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Blasts in the Northwest | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

Tonight the Instrumental Clubs will hold their twelfth annual concert and dance at 8 o'clock in the Commander Hotel. Atreus von Schrader '34, who has been president of the Clubs for two years, announces the following program: "Veritas March." "On the Mail," and "Goofus," by the Banjo Club; Herbert's "Serenade," and "A Petits Pas" by the Mandolin Club; "Schneider's Band." The Gondoliers," and "Two Grenadiers" by the Vocal Club," "Make Believe," "Sophisticated Lady," "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet," "Puddin' Head Jones," and "Indian Summer" by the Orchestra. As specialty presentations, Malcolm G. Holmes 3G, an accomplished...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUMENTAL CLUBS GIVE ANNUAL CONCERT | 12/15/1933 | See Source »

What's that? "Outrageous?" Oh. Not outrageous. "Discourteous?" Got you. "Affront to Chicago." Got you again. Yeah. Yeah. All right, Mr. Goofus, that's just what we wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New York v. Chicago | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

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