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Although temperatures the past few days have been above the area averages, the month of September as a whole was somewhat cooler than the norm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slight Heat Relief Due | 10/2/1954 | See Source »

...Norm Shepard's JVs, now separate from the varsity, provided the opportunity for the defensive work, emulating Massachusetts T-formation plays, especially pass plays. Then, with Joe Conzelman doing the tossing, the varsity switched to offense against a defensive JV unit. Playing with him in the backfield were Bob Cowles at fullback, Frank White, wingback, and Jerry Marsh, quarterback. All four also "started" at these positions in the principle backfield Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Passing, Pass Defense Draw Emphasis at Football Drill | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

...coronation ceremonies. France's Jean D'Arcy urged international transmissions on a larger scale last Christmas, but the project was held up by technical difficulties. Not all the problem are solved even now. France and Britain use different standards, and both of them differ from the European norm of a 625-line image. Four "converter" stations have been set up: at Dover, to deal with programs coming into Britain; in Paris, where pictures are converted to the French system; and at Lopik, The Netherlands, and Baden, Germany, where the picture goes to 625 lines. An even tougher problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Eurovision | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

...Coach Norm Shepard's JV's meet Suffolk University here at 3:45 p.m. with Hank Hamel on the mound. The Yardlings are scheduled to play Dean Academy at Franklin, in what might be their first start since Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Rained Out Of Brandeis Contest | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

However, when the Lampoon neglects spring, and turns to thoughts of pointed satire, the percentage of good pieces returns to the old, sorry norm. "His Object All Sublime' is a thinly veiled parody of a local figure. Besides not being especially funny, it's taste is questionable. And "The Future of Shakespeare at Harvard" revolves on the worn theory that the verbose extension of an absurd idea is uproariously funny...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: The Lampoon | 5/4/1954 | See Source »

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