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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After Ted Lyman hit the goal post on an attempted extra point place kick, the Yardlings kicked off to Andover, and again gained control of the situation when Andover was forced to kick. Harry Tine, who excelled as a safety man for the greater part of the game, ran the ball back over the midfield stripe, evading five tacklers...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford jr., | Title: Strong Freshman Eleven Crushes Andover in Impressive 20-0 Win | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...high point in the current craze among dance bands to make swing versions of popular classics is reached in the adaptation by Larry Clinton of Debussy's "Reverie." So perfect a fusion of so-called classic and modern elements has been made in this piece that as far as the fad is concerned, here is an apologia pro sua vita. The swing version of "Reverie" is superior to the original, because Debussy's composition was not in his best vein. "Reverie" dates from 1890, the year marking the transition from the composer's immature to more mature works. That year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...Miller continued, "Every well informed person knows that this so-called Spanish Republic is not a democracy, but a communist state aided both materially and spiritually by the present regime in Russia." May I point out that the legitimate government in Spain was placed in power by democratic process in February, 1936; that of the 473 deputies then elected to the Cortes only 16 were communists; and that when Franco revolted in July, 1936, there was in the government neither a communist nor a socialist. The revolt, aided from the start by Hitler and Mussolini, did, indeed, force a coalition...

Author: By M.d. . and Walter B. Cannon, S | Title: CANNON IN REPLY TO MILLER HOLDS RED BRAND FALSE | 10/21/1938 | See Source »

Instructions to the Cambridge policemen were brief and to the point. While the squad cars stood in front of the Lampoon building the short wave radio mumbled in curt and ferocious tones from the Central Square Bastille, "If they act up, kick THEM in the pants! That...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 10/21/1938 | See Source »

Lord Howe never gets satisfaction from his Yankee gal, and whether she really loves him or not is a point lost in confusion. Barry Sullivan is an American spy is adequate, and Maxine Stuart as his betrothed is pleasant enough. Eda Heinemann as the matron's servant is the only convincing personality on the stage...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

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