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...building Maryland's great football teams and physical plant (e.g., a $375,000 hen house for poultry students, the $1,000,000 Byrd Stadium), Booster Byrd did little for the U. of M.'s reputation as an incubator of academic learning. Most scholars gave Maryland a wide berth, and of last year's 2,045 graduates, only 373 received degrees in the arts and sciences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Under New Management | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

Captain Steve Gottleib scored 6-0, 6-1 at the first singles position, while Cal Place, Doug Gardner, Barry Boehm, Dave Terris, and Charlie Edwards also won for the freshmen. Second man Hen Heckscher was the only singles loser. He was defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Tennis Team Defeats Milton, 7 to 2 | 5/18/1954 | See Source »

After an acorn fell on Chicken-licken's head, she convinced Hen-len, Cock-lock, Duck-luck, Drake-lake, Goose-loose, Gander-lander and Turkey-lurkey that the sky was falling. They all got so excited that Fox-lox ate them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Chicken-Licken & Radiolaria | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Referring only briefly to his difficulties in A.D.A. and his subsequent resignation, Cherington said, 'In a way, I wish I was back. But I was mad as a wet hen then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADA Attacked In Cherington HLU Address | 4/27/1954 | See Source »

...member once when I wuz a kid my Dad had trouble with skunks stealin' eggs from th' hen coop. He took down his gun one day an' he shot them skunks. Made a lot o' noise, but he sure fixed 'om. Didn't have no trouble 't all after that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VARMINT IN THE VERNACULAR | 3/17/1954 | See Source »

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