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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...represented with three rather than two toes forward. They criticize his romantic cloud effects. They pointedly praise the correctness of his contemporaries, men primarily ornithologists like American Museum's Francis Lee Jaques. British Columbia's crack rifle shot Major Allan Brooks, Audubon Societies' youthful Roger Tory Peterson (Field Guide to the Birds), and the late brilliant Louis Agassiz Fuertes. But sportsmen and some collectors like the easy naturalism of Brasher's duck pictures, the spirit of his long-shanked road runner, the dash of his bald eagle. Accordingly, not many bird societies and libraries, but rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Brasher's Birds | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

...snag down at Princeton in Al Van de Weghe. Nevertheless, Graham's time trials have caused Coach Ulen to look at his stopwatch with a glum expression on his face, and then scan the pool balcony for possible Yale scouts. Dick Tregaskis is working hard daily, and Freshman Coach Peterson and Ulen are trying to persuade a little more speed out of him. Harry Southwick and Jack Kennedy are up from last year's Freshmen, and at present it's hard to say how far they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/7/1938 | See Source »

...week in Upper Montclair, N. J., Salvador de Madariaga will be going on about The Future of Liberty, and Ludwig Lewisohn will be holding forth on books. In Grand Rapids, Walter Pitkin (Life Begins at Forty) will be talking on The Art of Relaxation, and in Brooklyn, Dr. Houston Peterson (The Melody of Chaos) will discuss Aldous Huxley. Martha Gellhorn talks that week in Chicago, Younghill Kang (The Grass Roof) in Wheeling, W. Va., and Captain John D. Craig (Adventure in Haiti) in Ann Arbor, Mich. In addition there will be a number of lectures belonging to the Great Question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Authors to the Road | 12/27/1937 | See Source »

Including only one meet away from Cambridge, the Freshman swimming schedule as announced by Yardling Coach Pete Peterson is: Dec. 16, Y. M. C. A.; Jan. 8, Gardner High School; Jan. 15, Worcester Boys Club; Jan 19, Brown Freshmen; Feb. 9, Boston Boys Club; Feb. 12, Exeter; Feb. 15, M. I. T. Freshmen; Feb. 19, Dartmouth Freshmen; Feb. 26, Andover; March 2, Huntington School; March 5, Brookline High School; March 12, Yale Freshmen at New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peterson Announces Program Of Freshman Merman Meets | 12/11/1937 | See Source »

While Coach Peterson carefully scrutinized groups of Yardlings splashing back and forth on one side of the pool, Hal Ulen watched the first official workout of the season on the other side, as lettermen and non-lettermen mingled in kicking, arm-work, and short distance work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWIMMING TEAMS GET UNDER WAY WITH ULEN | 11/23/1937 | See Source »

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