Word: northwesterner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your issue of Oct. 12 you mentioned that Boy Scouts on an occasion several weeks ago followed Al Capone from the field at the Northwestern-Nebraska football game where he was reported to have been booed by the Scouts. Since this original item was published which doubtless arose from a United Press news dispatch, we have made careful inquiry. The sum of the evidence from responsible Scout officials in Chicago and Evanston is to the effect that the Boy Scouts were seated on the opposite side of the Field from Capone; they were there as guests of Northwestern...
...college student's father gloomed in Chicago last week. He was James J. Harrington, rich real estate broker. His son James J. Jr., 20, had been suspended from Northwestern University as a ringleader in a "Hobo Day" riot. Said Father Harrington: "If Jack is out of school, as he seems to be, he will have to go to work. He can stay at home if he wants to. but he'll have to pay board. I'm through supporting him." A $3000 automobile he had given his son was to be sold. Jack, said he, had been a fine...
...would deny that its tradition outweighs that of any other game. This year the importance of Harvard v. Yale will be more genuine than usual. Both Yale and Harvard have teams which are almost as good as those which, last week, seemed to be the best in the country-Northwestern, Notre Dame, Southern California, Tulane. Yale has been beaten once, by Georgia; tied twice, by Dartmouth, Army. Harvard, unbeaten, last fortnight defeated Dartmouth 7 to 6 in a game which was almost as exciting as Dartmouth's 33-to-33 tie with Yale, a gane of which the reverberations...
...makes his exit. The trumpeters tremble as they blow farewell. Heels click as attention is called. A toast! Bottoms up! "Aye, he's off for Manchuria." Other scores: Fordham 13 Bucknell 0 Southern Methodist 14 Navy 6 Notre Dame 14 Southern Cal. 13 B. C. 26 B. U. 0 Northwestern 20 Iowa 0 Cal. 13 Stanford 6 Tulane 34 Sewance 0 Lehigh 19 Lafayette...
Eight years ago Dr. Gault began pondering the sensitiveness of man's hands & fingers. After experimenting with an ordinary acousticon, he found that it was possible to discern the difference between vowels and consonants. He got a four-year leave of absence from Northwestern so that he could continue experimentations in Washington...