Word: orders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shrewd skipper, who made up in ingenuity what his boat lacked in speed, would order his excellent band to play loudly when a rival drew alongside. All the passengers on the other boat would rush to the near side to listen, heeling their own vessel over until its other paddle wheel flailed helplessly half out of water...
That was Harvard's lone threat. Previously, with passer Don Wohitman as the prime mover, Trumbull had gone 45 yards in nine plays--Captain Frank Hartung scoring--and bucked across after 25 yards--Ross Cowan scoring. Harold McCauley's .500 placement record put the figures into the final order before the half...
Students without tickets can view the game from any of several sets around the Square. Winthrop House's set will be on, as well as the Union's, since the Union Dance Committee plans to delay decorating the small common room for the evening dance in order to allow Freshmen to crowd the room for the contest. Sets in the Varsity Club and in Cronin's restaurant beerhall will also be tuned...
...occasional volley of fire-crackers punctuated the rally, but otherwise the event was entirely peaceful as far as the keepers of law and order were concerned. It was impossible to determine whether Harvard or Yale students threw the firecrackers...
Competition was reduced, pricewise; but it was increased in an unexpected way. The attraction of "sure profits" on fixed prices lured thousands of new merchants into business. As they scrambled for customers, price-cutting returned in another form. Now, in order to undersell the "protected" independents, most large chain stores put out their own brands. R. S. Macy & Co. has over 1,400 such items. Gimbels offers its own brand of bonded liquor...