Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their sworn duty. The result for the first few reels is bright, well-ordered mirth from the gag-laden pens of Scenarists Gene Towne, Graham Baker and Allan Scott. But when the pens run dry, the authors resort to paleo-Chaplin antics like beery hiccups, pratfalls in a skating rink. Catchiest Jerome Kern tune: You Couldn't Be Cuter...
Probably hockey's first need is a rink, but this is a monetary matter. The Crimson feels that it is important right now to have hockey coaching put on a year-round basis. The coach, who it appears must be a new man, must see and control the members of his team on and off the ice all season; he has even the obligation of checking on them during the off-season. He must be on the pay-roll for nine months...
...strict punishment aided paradoxically by the honor system. The problems of drinking and gambling are virtually non-existent, smoking is permitted in barracks and weekly "hops" provide for other needs, but punishment is sternly administered for such offenses as "making public display of affection with young lady at skating rink about 5:10 o'clock thereby causing unfavorable comment from visitors." However the purpose of West Point is to develop, not to destroy initiative, and that it is successful the capability of our regular army officers bears testimony...
...concoction for synthetic ice which at last suited her completely. She christened it "Iceolite" but has refused to name its ingredients, except to say there are 16, of which one is a vegetable oil and one a silicate. Last month a small, 600-sq. ft. rink in Toledo's Civic Auditorium was paved with the stuff and several crack skaters performed...
Last week Toledo's Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. was going ahead with plans to manufacture and market Iceolite, at a price of $2.50 per sq. ft. A rink 100 ft. by 50 would thus cost $12,500, but would last a long time. Scratches and shavings cut by skate blades could be melted back smoothly into the rink's surface with flat irons (see cut). The irons would also be used to meld the cracks between the blocks after they are laid down. Liquid Iceolite is poured into molds, congeals into blocks...