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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...halfbacks are Bill Edgar, Jimmy Rousmaniere, and Charley d'Autremont, with Bunny Barnes as alternate. Edgar has been mover this year from full to half and the result has been to make him an offensive as well as a defensive weapon. He has found his new position more natural to him. D'Autremont is a sound player with three years of experience behind him, but is handicapped by a lack of speed. Rousmaniere's chief asset is his control over the soccer ball which makes him especially adept at passing. A versatile player, he shifts to the forward line when...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

Recently, the Oregon Emerald announced in 72 point streamer headlines: "OU GETS DRUM MAJORESS." The action came as a result of a bitter controversy which had rocked the student body, faculty, and administration for months on end. There was plenty of reason for the Emerald to sensationalize the outcome, because it meant that Oregon had finally allowed the Pacific Coast Conference to go one hundred per cent for drum majorettes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAISE THE BATON AVERAGE | 10/26/1939 | See Source »

...Steel companies, faced with a $5 a ton rise in costs as a result of the $10 rise in scrap prices,* went on strike against $26 scrap, refused to buy till they got reductions of 25? to $1 a ton. Hard-bargaining Bethlehem managed to buy 90,000 tons in Buffalo at $22 to $23-a three months supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Backlog Boom | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...wrote, "is her changeless cowy desirableness." William York Tindall, a 36-year-old professor with a razor wit, has read everything that Lawrence wrote, everything (so far as possible) that he read, and everything written about him, simply to trace the path that led Lawrence to this love. The result falls into that class of scholarly production in which acuteness and smugness fight a draw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cowpath | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...splurge on sets and costumes, with two fine leads and a capable supporting cast, Director James Whale has cooked up a rip-snortin' film paced and climaxed with plenty of gusto. Here's another case history to show that when moviedom is in command of its medium the result is grand entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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