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...Terriers have four excellent runners who should finish this afternoon within the top ten: Captain George Terry, Hilliard, Petrellis, and Tyler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers to Meet Boston U. Today | 10/4/1955 | See Source »

...which have gained them world-wide renown, as well as capacity crowds wherever they go, but as far as this crowd was concerned, the Globetrotters could have stayed in New York. Gone from the lineup was the showman Goose Tatum; gone from the floor was the remarkable dribbler Leon Hilliard--in short, the Globetrotters were just a basketball team, and not a show company...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/31/1955 | See Source »

After Mrs. Glover-Holyoke and Stephen Day died, there is a long lapse in the history of Harvard printing. Then, in 1803, a man named Hilliard began a printing shop in Cambridge called the University Press. Actually, his shop was not connected with the University by even the tenuous bonds of marriage, but he did do most job printing for Harvard...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: University Press Maintains 40-Year Standards Despite Confusion With Poster, Exam Printers | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

Then, in 1860, the firm of John Wilson and Son bought out Hilliard's interest and the name "University Press." Under the new management, with such men as Charles Folsom and Charles Metcalf, the University Press became nationally famous. Increased stores of type, ranging through Greek, Hebrew, German and old English, and new designs made an artistic reputation for the firm that equalled its business success. A chronicler of the University Press, writing for an alumni magazine at the end of the 19th century, said, "From the commencement of the present century almost all the original works of our greatest...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: University Press Maintains 40-Year Standards Despite Confusion With Poster, Exam Printers | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

...further education. Ozzie insists that both boys will go on to college and to law school. He remembers that when he was a New Jersey law student he also had an afternoon job coaching a football team and led his orchestra in the evenings. He met his wife, Harriet Hilliard, when he hired her to sing with his band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Great Competitor | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

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