Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...obey a governess who sees that they take a shower every night, change their linen every second morning. As they grow older they branch out into larger sections under masters, live in regular boarding-school dormitories, enjoy open fireplaces, comfortable furniture, phonographs, radios. Except for Pennsylvania's late Governor Martin Brumbaugh, who came on invitation, no ordained clergyman has yet been welcomed within the gates of Girard. Many a clergyman, however, would be gratified at the intensely religious atmosphere that has grown up inside in spite of the free-thinking Founder's will. First book to be studied...
This year Girard's able President Herrick reaches 70. Last week Girard named as his successor Dr. Merle Middleton Odgers, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's College of Liberal Arts for Women. Lank, sharp-faced, 35, Merle Odgers is married, lives with his wife and daughter in suburban Upper Darby. An ardent classicist, he may circumvent one of the last of Founder Girard's barriers: "I do not forbid, but I do not recommend the Greek and Latin languages...
...spite of losing the opening match of the season with Pennsylvania, a team which the Crimson has defeated for seven years straight, Coach Cowles looks forward to one of his best tennis seasons ever. His hopes were considerably strengthened by the 9-0 shellacking pinned on the Naval Academy in the final encounter of the southern tour...
William Brooks Cavin, Jr. '37 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been elected captain of the Varsity wrestling team for the 1937 season. Cavin has had an outstanding record as a wrestler and has been a member of the team for the last two years. His wrestling class is 145 pounds. He prepared for Harvard at George School where he was a member of the football, baseball, and wrestling teams. He is 21 years old, weighs 148 pounds, and is 6 feet tall...
...Pennsylvania State College last winter, when several members of the R. 0. T. C. unit scored low in rifle practice, the deficient ran the gauntlet between their fellows who flogged an with cartridge belts. In Manhattan last week, when this news reached the Committee on Militarism in Education, the Committee's Secretary publicly complained to the Secretary of War, who turned the matter over to Chief of Staff Malin Craig, who ordered a thorough investigation. Explained the unit's Major Arthur Bowen: "A prank...