Word: latters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lawrence Perry, a sports commentator notable for his impartiality and clear thinking. I stated to Mr. Perry that the Navy's stand on the eligibility question at the time of the Army-Navy break was better taken and far more sportsman like than West Point's; and that the latter's attitude was tantamount to saying "We will kick off from midfield; you, opponent, will kick off from your twenty yard line". Mr. Perry's reply was in effect that no one need schedule the Army team under compulsion, and that only refusals by opponents to play under the circumstances...
Considerable time was spent on fundamentals under Coach Nelson. In the latter part of the scrimmage the Scrubs, although somewhat hampered by lack of knowledge, attempted to put on a number of Texas plays, chiefly forwards, double passes, and hidden ball plays...
Other questions bearing more directly on college interests question whether compulsory military training in colleges should or should not be abolished. The last question asks whether the student signing the ballot has had any military training. The purpose of the latter question is to sound student opinion on the Act of Congress making military training in all state universities obligatory...
Other editorials: a foreboding of war between undertakers and cemeteries if the latter persist in the alleged practice of urging patrons to pay less for caskets, more for memorials; an argument in favor of high-pressure injection of embalming fluids; an alarmed view of "directories of funeral directors" charging high fees for listing names...
Chicago, candidate for the Republican nomination for Mayor last winter, engaged in a street fight with one Emil Domres, contractor, when the latter bumped his automobile into the judge...