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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cartoonist Percy Crosby, who is Skippy's medium, risked a good deal putting the young man into a novel. And from the nature of the writing, it looks as if Mr. Crosby means to risk more yet and have a cinema Skippy. The result so far, however, is only added testimony to Skippy's greatness. In spite of a Plot and a Social Thesis, which Mr. Crosby has introduced because most novels have them, Skippy stays about the same. He does not get selfconscious, as proved by the fact that in 335 pages he only utters once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: National Figure | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...rediscount security collateral loans for lack of other loans upon which to exercise its rediscount facilities. It would have to accept stock market collateral or else find itself of small importance and usefulness. Mr. Simmons did not believe that a conservative, careful system of rediscounting security loans would result in an increase in Federal Reserve funds applied to investing or speculating purposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Capital v. Credit | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...many a football classic or track meet. Much of present day college administration centers in the dean's office, and it is here that most measures which directly affect the student body have their origin. Anything, therefore, which brings the occupants of these key positions together ought also to result in a closer coordination of the aims and methods of the colleges involved. During today and tomorrow Harvard has the privilege and the responsibility of playing host to a gathering which has unique potentialities for influencing eastern college life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEANS FOREGATHER | 5/17/1929 | See Source »

Conditions were excellent with scarcely any wind, and as a result several good scores for the difficult course were turned in. Phillips Finlay '31, playing number one man on the Harvard team, was low man for the day, getting a 73 in his match with Chesley whom he defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLF TEAM TROUNCES B.U. PLAYERS BY 8 TO 1 SCORE | 5/16/1929 | See Source »

Despite the fact that an unannounced benefactor has offered three horses for polo purposes, the management has been unable to accept the gift because of the lack of necessary funds to feed and groom the animals. The result is that, with the meager $1200 subsidy of polo, the team can never use its own horses in games away from home. This fact is made even more annoying because there are no contests scheduled in Cambridge this spring since there is no playing field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINOR SPORTS MISMANAGEMENT | 5/16/1929 | See Source »

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