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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year filled with the marriages of prodigies-George Herman ("Babe") Ruth to a showgirl; Charles Augustus Lindbergh to the shy, poetic daughter of an Ambassador; James Joseph Tunney to an outdoorish girl descended from one of the great steel families-not the least startling was the marriage of John Gilbert, ballyhooed by millions of shopgirls as the greatest living exponent of male sex appeal, to Ina Claire (TIME, May 20). It was particularly startling because up to the moment when their marriage was announced Gilbert was supposed to be betrothed to Greta Garbo, the greatest living exponent of female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...mind, must undergo certain treatments at the same time. He cannot matriculate until he has shown a certificate of vaccination. He cannot graduate until he has demonstrated his ability to swim. He must have fulfilled his physical-training requirements by taking part in an approved sport for at least three hours a week, by taking special corrective exercises if his posture is deficient, and by attending a series of lectures on hygiene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean William I. Nichols Writes in Atlantic Monthly on the Convention of Going to College | 9/28/1929 | See Source »

...whole it is a good thing that he should be well rounded; at least, he will now be able to roll smoothly and comfortably through life. If he was born into the world with normal interests and average abilities, if his main ambition is to obtain a good job, settle down, pay his bills, and in other ways become a respectable member of the community, college will have given him the proper equipment. His concentration will have given him sufficient knowledge and training to hold his job; his distribution will have endowed him with certain stimulating outside interests to serve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean William I. Nichols Writes in Atlantic Monthly on the Convention of Going to College | 9/28/1929 | See Source »

Despite the reduction of the squad due to other sports and ineligibility, Coach Mitchell reports an average number of men out for fall baseball practice. Twenty-five men are practicing daily, and at least 15 more are expected to report by Monday next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY-FIVE MEN ARE OUT FOR FALL BASEBALL PRACTICE | 9/27/1929 | See Source »

...account of the linemen of the present Harvard squad would be complete without at least some mention of these same line coaches. They are Hubbard, the famous Harvard guard of several years back, and Dunne, former University of Michigan star. The wonderful job they did in putting together out of seemingly inexperienced material a line which impressed all of its opponents as being more powerful for sheer power that is than almost any other forward wall in the country cannot go by unmentioned. This year, their second together, should find their coaching system at its peak. With excellent material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up By Time Out | 9/26/1929 | See Source »

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