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Although two of the Red and Blue tallies came on passes and only one by running, the difference in the teams lay in the two lines. The 200 pound Quaker front wall was immovable on the defense, and consistently outcharged its smaller and Crimson-shirted opponents...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Crimson Not Discouraged After 22 to 7 Setback at Hands of Powerful Quakers | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

During the first period, Ayres from his backing-up post was able to stem much of Penn flux through the center of the Crimson front line. When Ayres was removed, the Quaker master-minds were able to work their strategy more effectively. The Crimson backs were pulled in through fear of long runs, and passes were tossed neatly over their heads...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Crimson Not Discouraged After 22 to 7 Setback at Hands of Powerful Quakers | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...breathers, Bates and Chicago, failed to lift the lid from the football stew at Cambridge. But the twice victorious Quaker bruisers have already indicated a capacity to solve the Crimson mystery. They're big, they're seasoned, and they're determined to chalk up their second victory, away from home, in ten years...

Author: By Sheffieid West, | Title: Crimson Meets First Big-Time Opposition; Macdonald Will Call Plays for First Time | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

...practice yesterday, the A team worked against Penn plays as interpreted by the B eleven, with End Coach Wes Fesler putting on a fair imitation of Frank Reagan, Quaker razmataz artist. Bob James took the part of full-back Tony Chizmadia, while George Downing was Captain Harley Gustafson...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: Koutman Replaces Kelly at Right End for Penn Game; Third Shift | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...core of his school, he organized "activities." In the first grade he taught his pupils "The Fatherhood of God" by discussing with them their own families and homes, getting them to build a house, reconstruct Bethlehem and Nazareth (complete with water and sewage systems), erect an altar with Quaker Oats boxes and paper. He also began to teach his first-graders to talk Latin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Healthily Modern | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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