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...Toughened up by energetic devotion to his career as a gentleman farmer, Northrup Knox, 28, of Buffalo, N.Y. and Aiken, S.C., demonstrated an almost tireless skill at the esoteric game of court tennis. After an afternoon's romp on the court at Boston's Tennis and Racquet Club, Knox left longtime (eight years) Champion Alastair Bradley Martin, 42, limp with exhaustion, won the U.S. amateur singles championship...
...Rollins' retirement is a major loss for the Department as well as for the University and the profession, but otherwise the situation is reasonably well in hand. We have been fortunate in securing the services of four distinguished persons as visiting lecturers: Miss Rosemond Tuve of Connecticut College, Mr. Northrup Frye of Toronto, Mr. F. W. Dupee of Columbia, and Mr. Armour Craig of Amherst. They will help repair the deficiencies occasioned by the sabbatical leaves of Professors Brower and Guerard; and as for Professors Levin and Bate and myself, we shall all teach here for half the year...
...Boeing started up a School of Aeronautics in Oakland, Calif. A year later it changed its name to United Aircraft & Transport Corp., in rapid succession bought up Pratt & Whitney, Chance Vought, Sikorsky Aviation, Northrup, and five smaller companies. Two years after that, United Air Lines was formed to tie together the combine's booming air-transport business. Phil Johnson moved to Chicago to head United Air Lines, soon turned over the reins of the Boeing division to Designer Egtvedt. Other young men hurried to Seattle as Boeing's name spread-Edward Wells arrived...
Victor Moore is a Puckish sort of a fellow with a twinkle in his eyes. He brings so much warmth and humor to the part of Gramps Northrup that the audience barely has time to notice the other characters or even the general story. From the time he appears until the final scene Moore has the audience completely within his grasp, making them laugh and making them cry without any effort...
Shea wiped out the Ivy League and all-time Army mile record with a 4:13.4 performance. His time bettered the old Ivy League mark of 4:16.5, set by former Crimson star Alex Northrup...