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Andy Protheroe is the midwestern brother of Stover's immortal ally, Doc MacNooder. Breezy, flippant, crass, unquenchable, he now, in the day of elective courses, appears as the perennial senior; and, rough clothes and manners having gone out, as campus: fashion-plate and ladies' man (snake, fusser, petter, necker, lizard, sheik, as you will). He retains the MacNooder eloquence and syncopates it, polishing his quips for quotation, studying his audience. MacNooder's political finesse is his, refined and extended even unto sorority elections. His rostrum is at the mass meeting, in front of the grandstand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

...clock in the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Delegates from almost all the American universities which have ice hockey teams will be present. B. De L. Nash '23, who was elected president of the organization last year and was manager of the 1923 hockey team, and Brooks Petter '24, manager of the 1924 hockey team will be the representatives of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Representatives to Meet | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

...lover of his wife, is magnificently powerful and his reaction equally affecting. It is in the quieter scenes that Ben-Ami's talents are at their best. The opening tete-a-tete with his wife and the scene at the beginning of the third act when the now insane Petter talks with the frightened maid, are done with delightful command and vividness...

Author: By M. P. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER--REVIEWS | 3/23/1921 | See Source »

...went down to defeat before the Huntington School team at the Boston Y. M. C. A. tank yesterday afternoon, 34-19 The Freshmen showed better form than before. In the fancy-diving, H. W. Spencer and Alberto Terrsaas Jr. won first and second places respectively. While Captain F. P. Petter was besten by Algar of Huntington in the fifty yard by but a slight margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yearling Swimmers Lose | 3/9/1921 | See Source »

...think that our team is capable of good play. Many of the men have had but little experience on a University football team and can acquire steadiness only by experience. Their play ought to continue to improve with every day's practice. The more preparatory games they play the petter will they be prepared to meet with Princeton and Yale. It is certainly better to play with strong teams now and be defeated, than to play with weak teams and get into a loose, confident style of play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/23/1884 | See Source »

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