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...hardy old merchant sat on the porch of his palace, last summer, gazed at the shipping inside the Golden Gate. Almost he could see the red flag on this stern and that?the red flag with the white $ on it. That stood for little Robbie Dollar, who romped about Falkirk, Scotland, more than three-quarters of a century ago. It stood for Robbie, the Canadian lumberjack, who ventured into business for himself, bought a 300-ton boat because lumber freights were so high. It stood for the ingenious skipper who, stranded in the Philippines without a return cargo, waded ashore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: The $ | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

...excellent condition as a result of workouts held daily during the winter on the machines which were established in new open-air quarters on the porch of the Gymnasium. Daily exercises conducted by Coach Foster of the University wrestling team were also instrumental in enabling the men to get in good shape before mild weather permitted them to take to the water. Practice under the eyes of Dr. Spaeth and Assistant Coach Charles Logo has consisted mainly of easy rows, and short sprints down to the Dam at the end of the Lake. As yet no races between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGER CREWS HAMPERED BY LACK OF VETERANS | 3/20/1925 | See Source »

...scarcely realize it, but Harvard is a great city now. Why, twenty years ago, if I wanted my front porch repaired, I called the Superintendant of Buildings. He sent a carpenter. The other day he said that properly the new fixtures for my house weren't under his jurisdiction. Someone else must handle that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lane Defends University's Euphemisms--Says Large Plant Needs High-Sounding Names--"Press Agent" Would Never Do | 3/6/1925 | See Source »

Patrolman Patrick Powers, of Madison, Wis., found a man on his back porch at midnight. The man ran; Patrolman Powers cried, "Halt!", took a shot in the dark, killed Peter M. Posepny, Wisconsin University undergraduate. A jury acquitted Patrolman Powers of murder. Thereupon, the Daily Cardinal, Wisconsin undergraduate paper, published an editorial allegedly written by one Wesley Dunlap, of Salt Lake City. "We should like to see the police force tremble in its boots at the approach of a student. We should like to see terror thrown into their hearts when the word 'student' is mentioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Symposium | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

...summer at Marblehead Neck. He told a CRIMSON reporter that he had carried on profound research work in the modern novel, with practical illustrations. When asked if he intended to publish any of this research work he replied, "You misunderstand me. I spent my summer sitting on my front porch reading modern novels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSORS BECOME AUTHORS IN SUMMER | 9/30/1924 | See Source »

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