Word: rather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sophomore jumping-jack, Don Blount, who has cleared 6 feet 4 and one-half inches, and covered 24 feet in the overland hop is odds-on favorite in the jumps, but Harvard is not out of the running if Bob Partlow and Captain Bob Haydock find themselves after a rather disappointing winter season...
Like the Crimson, Princeton is a spotty team that has turned in a rather inconsistent record this year. But the Tigers have the edge in speed and experience and will be favorites on their home ice. Particularly dangerous for the Varsity will be Ralphie Wyer, Minnesota-born Tiger forward, who stands second only to Bud Foster of Dartmouth in Quadrangular League scoring...
...impractical because, by barring totalitarians from his laboratories, Bridgman does not prevent them from obtaining the information contained therein. If anything of military importance is developed in the Bridgman sanctum sanctum, it is being sane rather than romantic, to admit that the dictatorships can easily obtain the required information at second hand. But the most telling criticism levelled at the recent ban is not one of impracticality. By endeavoring to combat fascism by means of a typical fascist technique, the learned professor is setting a precedent which may easily lead to less harmless abuses of the American tradition of freedom...
There is no need for any such course at Harvard when such information can be acquired with the present facilities. I suggest rather that duplicate copies of some books be purchased, followed by suitable publicity so that one would know their whereabouts. Charles H. Clark...
...Laughton, as the dissolute beachcomber, gives a really lovable portrayal. His presentation of Ginger Ted is a worthy addition to comedy. Mrs. Laughton in the contrasting but amenable role of a young Florence Nightingale variety of missionary, is convincing but on the verge of presenting a caricature rather than a real person. Her stage brother, missionary-clergyman-doctor, is on the point of the ridiculous, but he is not seen often. One of the picture's outstanding features is magnificent scenic photography of the Pacific archipelago where most of the story takes place...