Word: northwesterner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...needed on the Burlington. An erudite Vice President inscribed a circular containing the words, " . . . a tremendous area in which "IS" produced two thirds of the oats and corn . . . ", and a meticulous traffic, manager neatly omitted the "IS" and inserted "ARE". The disputants consulted the University of Chicago, then Northwestern, then Harvard, Princeton and Yale. After the weighty decisions were received and considered, the matter was settled by the toss of a coin and IS was the result. Not even five great institutions of learning can convince a Vice President, much less a traffic manager...
...back, side, flanks, and kept on running. Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth have failed this season to do what Abbiatti, a fullback from New Hampshire, did to Brown, but after his touchdown the Iron Men started. Score: Brown, 40; New Hampshire, 12. Iowa has its Kutsch but Northwestern has its Baker, Lewis and Gustafson, so the co-educational institution on the shores of Lake Michigan finished its first undefeated Big Ten season, out on the prairies of Iowa City. Score: Northwestern, 13; Iowa, 6. Fortnight ago, the toe of Myers Clark of Ohio State faltered once against Michigan; last week...
When Dr. Armstrong, Dean of Northwestern University, asserted that the modern college man is more studies than those of former years because his general average, is 1.9 as compared to their 1.4, defenders of the younger generation took opportunity to give several rousing cheers. The New York World, however, bitterly points out that the present day youth is not expected to know as much as his father, that "there was a time when a college boy had to wrestle with Greek and Latin he had to report daily on the doings of pious Acneas, with special attention to the accusative...
With a slippery ball, on a soggy field, Northwestern took Indiana down the skids...
...President Dawes, saw the hunchbacks of Notre Dame come out in silk football pants (an innovation designed to lighten the uniform) and wrestle up and down the field while the cheering section bellowed "Wynn." That gentleman, together with Back Edwards and Hearndon, managed in the last period to penetrate Northwestern's strong defense. Score: Notre Dame, 6; Northwestern...