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Another Sophomore who has shown up well so far is goalie Jack Penson, who shut out Tech last Saturday afternoon. His six feet and some odd inches give him an advantage in reach over George Hanford, his alternate, and although he still makes occasional slips, with a little more experience he will be as dependable as Harold Williams, goal-guard of last year's championship eleven...
Green-eyed, 31-year-old Mr. Sadler is an East Texan whose mother sold her chickens to give him a start when oil was discovered in the great East Texas field nine years ago. Hustling Jerry Sadler worked at odd jobs and high wages, saved his money and studied law. Last year, still a political unknown, he ran for a place on the important Texas Railroad Commission (which regulates Texas oil production). Weeks before Governor Wilbert Lee ("Pass the Biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel started to campaign with his Hillbilly Band, Jerry Sadler was touring Texas with the Sadler Stringsters...
...average pair of pasteboards for you and your date would be much better, because the fewer the number of singles applied for, the better the doubles will be. The H.A.A. always forms a cheering section in the center part of the stands, consisting of all the 3,000-odd contribution book holders who want but one ticket for the game...
Because Harvard is an educational institution and therefore renders a public service, the Board decided that the rule cannot apply to the four hundred odd waitresses employed by the University. This decision confirms the findings of the lawyers who were examining the case last week...
Beford World War II broke, the number of army aumƦniers was increased to 600. The navy quota remained the same; the air force got 30. Catholic aumônier general (chaplain general), commanding 500-odd Catholic aumƦniers, is Monsignor Maurice Sudour, Archdeacon of St. Denis, who gets a general's pay, wears a general's star. Ordinary chaplains have no rank, but a captain's pay, wear religious garb behind the lines, khaki at the front. By special dispensation from Rome, all Catholic aumƦniers and other front-line priests may hear...