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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remaining Crimson track men are Pettingell and Barcewicz, who may do very well for themselves because of the paucity of star material in this event. The list of entries in the high flying event is not complete as yet, but Oscar Sutermeister, former letter-holder, who is currently competing under the colors of the School of City Planning, is good for thirteen feet at most times, which is six inches better than either of the Harvard competitors is expected...
...those few undergraduates who are mildly interested in the results of their semester's work the difficulty of obtaining grades and the impossibility of seeing corrected blue books are issues of at least passing interest. Some, whose concern is leavened by the proximity of probation or Dean's List, have been known to rear back on their hind legs and shout disapproval in no uncertain terms, audible even in University Hall...
High on the list of Wellesley's pet aversion stands the crew-cut. "Awful!" they say. "They look bristly in front and half-shaved behind." "Only about one boy in fifty has a head well-shaped enough to get away with it." A close runner-up is the emphatically-voiced dislike of moustaches. The "No's" boomed back with unhesitating rapidity and with no exceptions whatsoever. "They're much too young for moustaches," was a typical comment...
...epidemic of pneumonia, not silicosis, was responsible for scores of deaths at Gauley Bridge. They charged that damage suits were filed by some men proved not to have worked in the tunnel and by others who worked only an hour or two. According to the apologists, the death list from various diseases did not exceed 50 out of some 2,000 workers...
During the long trial, which investigated every detail of the catastrophe, the defense maintained that the huge death list was in part due to "an act of God," in part to "a defect" in the ship's construction, that in any case the defendants did all in their power to protect the passengers...