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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While the return of two veteran divers, Walter fits and Bernard Merriam will keep this department intact, there is a dearth of breast strikers, and several of last years' Freshmen will, of necessity, be recruited to support Bert Wolfson, the only returning letterman in this field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/4/1935 | See Source »

...with a flourish. Because the China Clipper's cargo was entirely mail, Postmaster General Farley was asked to play the lead in the hour's program. Other speaking parts were taken by Pan American's President Juan Terry Trippe, California's Governor Frank Finley Merriam, Hawaii's Governor Joseph Boyd Poindexter, Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, the Philippine's President Manuel Quezon, China Clipper's Captain Musick, and the personified "Voices" of Pan American bases at Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam, Manila. By a complicated use of short wave, all these scattered personalities chimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Transpacific | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

...Governor Merriam: "A new concept of the world begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Transpacific | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

...with John J. Colony '37, Robert G. Heskett '37, and George W. Shepherd '36 in the sprints should be fairly consistent winners. In the distances Wallace E. Howell '36 and Arthur G. Jameson '37 are available. Good diving should be ensured by Henry K. Fittz '36 and Bernard F. Merriam '36; and Bertram S. Wolfson '36 with Warren H. White '36 appear to be the pick of the breaststrokes. Furthermore, great assistance should be furnished by a large group of capable sophomores from last year's highly successful freshman team. Many of these will be a real threat to several...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/22/1935 | See Source »

Last thing Dexter Merriam Keezer did before he became president of Reed College (Portland, Ore.) was to promise a friend he would not turn into a "stuffed shirt." After one year in the job President Keezer felt compelled last fortnight to warn all ambitious young educators how close he had come to breaking his promise. Wrote he in his annual report: "The conception [of the college president held by much of the community] is perhaps best reflected by the subjects on which I have been asked to address groups: The Future of the Western Hemisphere, Shakespeare's Message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prex Dex | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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