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...famous "Flying Stars" --diamonds of superb beauty, which he desires to place about the glorious neck of Miss Michael with whom he has fallen quite in love. Walter Connelly portrays the wise priest who takes it upon himself to straighten out the lives of Flambeau and his lovely lad. There is an undertone of quite humer and philosophic beauty which lifts the picture far above the limitations of its story...
...letter blocks, none from his parents, he had taught himself to read. Bunny's most startling exploit occurred shortly after that when he sat down at a piano, worked out a system of musical notation, using a different number for each note. Today he is a chubby, serious lad with a mental age of 16, a conversational level above that of the ordinary adult. Only normal in his physical development, he suffers from a desire to revise the rules of every game he plays, sometimes bursts out crying if he loses. He likes best to perform feats of daring...
...other feature Joe Brown peddles his way to heroic victory in the six day bike race. The inevitable last shot displays Brown's offspring successfully mouthing a bicycle bell, proving beyond the strength of mere woman's words that the lad is Brown's progeny...
...command, rose slowly into the air. A Hindu boy clambered up the rope, vanished. Armed with a sabre, a second Hindu swarmed up after him, tossed down arms, legs, head, torso. Finally Magician Heger enfolded the bloody members in his robe, then opened it for the Hindu lad to step forth...
...except in case of great emergency. Coach Blaik has received some encouragement this week because of the fine showing of Jim Aieta, a confirmed bench warmer for the last two years under the former regime who at last will be given a real opportunity to prove his ability. This lad Aieta a hard-running shifty back whose long runs and brilliant playing were a feature of the Virginia contest, will bear careful watching by the Harvard secondary. Phil Conti, the sophomore "mighty atom", Jack Kenny, who saw service as quarterback last year, and Johnny Handrahan, the hardy fullback...