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...Kennel Murder Case" is a less pretentious film than "After Tonight," and it is a movie that will amuse you if you have liked the earlier Philo Vance mysteries. William Powell as the master of modern sleuths unwinds the complex mystery quite ingeniously...

Author: By G. R. C., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...DRAGON MURDER CASE-S. S. Van Dine-Scribner ($2). Philo Vance is this time erudite on tropical fish, and very up-to-date mechanically on the dragon footprints littering the bottom of the swimming pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Oct. 30, 1933 | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

Sydney T. Dawson, Jr. '36 was sent in at right outside yesterday, only to be replaced by Philo F. Willetts '36. The competent Edward Motley, Jr. '36 played in place of Manheimer, while Gordon C. Streeter '34 substituted at right half. Frank H. Kingsley, Jr. '35 and Ferdinand R. Stent '36 were used as fullbacks, substituting for Captain William Wemple '34, who was on the sidelines through the entire practice today because of a broken blood vessel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY SOCCER TEAM RALLIES TO DOWN STAR GRADUATE OUTFIT, 4-2 | 10/20/1933 | See Source »

...were selected to eat at the Varsity soccer training table, it was announced after practice yesterday. Those chosen are as follows: Jonathan E. England '35, William F. Nichols '34, Richard M. Gummere '34, Captain William Wemple '34, Richard C. Johnson '36, John Dorman '36, Culvin F. Morrill '34, Philo F. Willetts '36, Delevan C. Clos '35, George F. Stork '35, Edward H. Robbins '35 and Frank W. Vincent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 12 Varsity Booters Chosen As Training Table Members | 9/27/1933 | See Source »

...arrived at a wooded spot in Ohio with his wife and his oxen and his five children. He was the first settler of a 500-acre tract which had been selected for the town and college of Oberlin. Few months prior, Rev. John J. Shipherd of Elyria. Ohio and Philo P. Stewart, onetime missionary, had obtained land and, in the name of Jean Frédéric Oberlin* planned an institution designed for "the diffusion of useful science, sound morality, and pure religion." Oberlin College opened in December, 1833, received its charter in 1834, first U. S. college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Peter Pindar Pease | 5/1/1933 | See Source »

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