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Word: hoopes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Colonel Oscar Winslow Hoop, head of the School of Government at the University of Tulsa, has long tried to make better citizens of his students. He preached to them that: "Graft, extravagance and inefficiency are due to the indifference of the public. The machinery of politics and party organization remains in the hands of politicians only because of the negligence of voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Professor in Politics | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

...this point, Don Comfort, bulky Crimson guard, found the hoop three times in a row from half way out, and followed up with a foul shot. After another gratis shot scored by Gene Merry, B. U. was frightened into freezing the ball, which they did successfully until the final gun. The Freshman cagers defeated Andover 29-14 Saturday afternoon in the Indoor Athletic Building. At the conclusion of the game Leavitt White of Plainfield, New Jersey, was elected captain of the 1937 squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cagers Drop Close Contest To Boston University, 42-36 | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

Dolly Stark's Big Green five rolled up a high score in defeating the Crimson basketball team by a 54-20 margin in the first Eastern Intercollegiate game Saturday night at Hanover. The Hanoverians flicked the ball into the hoop from all angles and from the middle of the floor with uncanny precision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INVULNERABLE WARRIOR TEAM SWAMPS CRIMSON | 12/18/1933 | See Source »

Dick Boys, who starred on last year's Varsity, is back at center and in him, Harvard's mentor places his greatest hope. Boys is a reliable man on both the offense and defense, and is extremely accurate in his hoop shots. Dan Comfort, who has recently been shifted from forward, will assist Captain Joe Ferriter in guarding the Crimson basket. Gene Merry, a returning letterman, and Jim Grady, a sophomore, will lead the attack in the forward posts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON CAGERS WILL RECEIVE B. U. TONIGHT | 12/13/1933 | See Source »

...sine qua non of good chemistry. Laboratory work is necessary; it must be required of students; and it must be long and hard if it is to be worth while. If you do not like a stiff field of concentration like chemistry, I suggest you roll you hoop in Fogg Art Museum rather than in Mallinckrodt. L. A. DeBlois...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Dying" | 11/23/1933 | See Source »

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