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Presumably with a straight face, they offer, among others, such moral gems as "Don't cram before exams;" "Freshmen, play upon to the sophomore and upperclassmen. . . .ask for advice;" "Don't chew gum insistently" (sic); "Don't bring midget radios to the classroom;" "Don't be bashful about reciting;" "Don't change roommates every week--adjust yourself;" "Leave the bathroom as you ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Mag Tells How to Be Collegiate | 1/24/1948 | See Source »

...backboards, the team with the most height usually gets the majority of the rebounds; but to get enough of them to term it control, a five must have at least two men of Elmore Morgenthaler's proportions. To be sure, Bill Prior at six-foot-five is no midget, but then almost every good basketball team in the country has a similarly linear man holding down the pivot slot. For example, Columbia's Walt Budko matches Prior's height inch for inch, and the centers in the other half of the Arena double-header--Providence against St. Anselm's--both...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 1/8/1948 | See Source »

...between-halves extra, a black and orange Holy Family midget quintet routed a three platoon (red, yellow, green) team from St. Joseph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bradley Checks Revitalized Crimson, 68-62, at Garden | 12/17/1947 | See Source »

Powel Crosley Jr., the big man (6 ft. 4 in.) with the midget car, this week introduced his new line of 1948 automobiles. Among them was the cheapest postwar model he has yet produced: a two-passenger multi-purpose sports and general utility car. The price: $799 f.o.b. Marion, Ind. It brought Crosley closer to his ambition of producing virtually the same car for $500 if prices of raw materials and other costs go down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Growing Midget | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...farmer, Harvester had its eye firmly fixed on the all-purpose tractor. This year the company turned out 108,000 tractors, more than any other piece of heavy equipment. Next year it intends to cover the market, from the giant 18-ton, 170-h.p. diesel crawler to the midget Farmall Cub, selling for $545 f.o.b. (about $1,000 with attachments). The Cub was designed to mechanize some of the 3,300,000 U.S. farms of 40 acres and less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Reaper's Harvest | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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