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Modernists, behaviorists, say that "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" will teach children to steal pigs. They call "Little Jack Homer" bad-mannered. They say that "The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon" is cruelly improbable. Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr., herself a child prodigy (she "used a typewriter" at the age of three), has tried to attack Mother Goose constructively by promulgating informative jingles, rhymes that "represent life" (TIME, Jan. 12, 1925). Example...
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...Univ. of Minn. O'Keefe, R. J. '30 Back 24 165 5.9 Devitt Prep. Park, J. W. '31 Back 19 175 5.10 Western H. S. Parham, W. M. '31 Tackle 22 190 6. N. Georgia Ag. Perry, G. W. R. '30 Tackle 22 207 6.2 Bethel College Piper, C. N. '30 Back 24 160 5.10 Rose Poly. Inst. Price, J. M. '32 Tackle 19 195 6.2 N. W. Mil. & Nav. Ac. Ray, B. '32 Guard 19 190 6. North. High Schimmelphennig,I.R. '30 End 21 175 5.11 Midland Col. Simenson, E. G. '32 Guard 21 180 6.1 State Teach...
Strathspeys and Reels. Pipers could choose their piece from a list including: The Sheep Wife, Take Your Gun to the Hills, Over the Isles to America, The Rejected Lover. Winner: Piper Hector McDonald of Montreal...
Youths. Boys between 16-21 contested for Best-Boy Piper in Canada, played the same tunes as their elders. The winner got a gold medal...