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Like The New Yorker's talented one-time lead-off man, E. B. White (TIME, Aug. 16), James Thurber is no longer a member of the staff, is wandering quietly through Europe. Master of the familiar, walk-do-not-run-to-the-exit style, Funnyman Thurber writes with a sad, lucid patience perfectly matched by his underdone drawings. For bringing earnest balloons to earth or dissolving reason in a clap of blankness, James Thurber has few contemporary equals. Nervous himself, he evidently has lost patience with the recent deluge of small volumes popularizing psychiatry. The series...
...hitting at a fast .361 clip. The rise in the Varsity potency at the plate is evidenced by the jump this week in the team batting average in League contests from .226 to .252. Behind Lupien is Frankie Owen in the clean-up position with .324, while lead-off man Art Johns is clouting the ball at an even .300. Falling from first place to fifth in league fielding, the Mitchellmen hold a mediocre .229 percentage...
...Lead-off man in the discussion was President Colby Mitchell Chester of the National Association of Manufacturers, prime salesman of U. S. Business to the Consumer (TIME, Sept. 28). Said he: "You cannot blame Management for expecting a note of responsibility to enter into such [collective bargaining] negotiations. . . . Industry invites-yes, eagerly welcomes-Labor's co-operation in the complicated problems confronting us. But Labor needs to visualize a bit more the predicament facing Management...
Beginning this morning the first of the series of articles on the various field of concentration which will go to make up the Crimson Confidential Guide appears. In every sense the Anthropology Department lends itself to the lead-off position in the series, not only because of its alphabetical priority, but because it is in general one of those closely knit and efficient units that form the academic body of which Harvard is justly proud. There are short-comings, to be sure,--and these are frankly dealt with in the article,--but, by and large, Anthropology is a pleasure...
Yesterday, Kirkland opened up her season by trouncing, Lowell, 12-0. Aided by Lowell errors and eight hits from the Kirkland bats, the Deacons showed the effect of pre-season practice, Ross, Kirkland pitcher, allowing Lowell only four hits. Donald W. Davis, Jr. '37, lead-off man for the Deacons, pounded out a double and a triple to lead hits mates to an overwhelming victory. The line-ups: KIRKLAND (12) LOWELL (0) Davis, 3b 2b, Snyder Wills, ss lf, Lucas Moser, 2b c, Jones Kessler, c 1b, Cornell Carr, 1b p, Knowlton Howe, rf ss, L. White Spring...