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Word: ross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President (Taft) was a Bones man. Among living Bones men are Presidential Candidate Robert A. Taft, Republican Leader Kenneth Simpson, Banker Percy Rockefeller, onetime Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot. onetime Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, Author Donald Ogden Stewart, Radio Singer Lanny Ross, Yale's President Charles Seymour. Not strictly accurate is the legend that a Bones man is never without a job, but a Bones man on his uppers often gets handouts from fellow Bones men or the society. Skull & Bones (corporate name: Russell Trust Association) is sometimes alleged to be Connecticut's second richest corporation (first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Skull & Bones | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...Margie Brodee, New York Dana Reed Shirley Letts, Wellesley Kenneth I. Richter Rose Rowe, Bridgewater Peter B. Robinson Nancy Bennit, Dana Hall Paul V. Roche Edith M. Grace, State Teachers' College, Bridgewater Walter F. Rogers, Jr. Bette Towers, Vassar Thomas A. Rogstad Suzanne Harsh, Wells College, N. Y. Donald Ross Nancy Kjellberg, Radcliffe Bertram S. Roth Mary Martin, Radcliffe Armand P. Ruderman Sybil Pilshaw, State Normal School, Bridgewater Archibald L. Ruprecht Grace Cheney, Concord Fritz M. Sarbi Eva Aninger, Smith Robert C. C. St. George, Jr. Margot Black, Winsor Peter B. Saltonstall Edith Winsor, Weston Richard C. Sanborn Peggy Blumer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over 200 Couples to Attend '43's Jubilee | 5/17/1940 | See Source »

Chet Legg stepped into the number one role as he disposed of Millar of Tech, 6-3, 6-2, in the feature match of the day. Ross Lyell, Corey Wynn, George Hough, Orme Wilson, and Don Marvin all won their singles bouts for a 6 to 0 sweep for the Barnabymen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NETMEN CONQUER M.I.T. TEAM 8 TO 1 | 5/14/1940 | See Source »

Present conductor-28-year-old Gilbert ("Gib") Kellberg, school music supervisor in New Ross, Ind.- is an earnest, moose-tall Swedish-American, with feet like fiddle cases. He earns $25 a concert. Graduate of a small Indiana conservatory, he plays the bassoon, once heard the New York Philharmonic-Symphony play in Chicago, listens on the radio to Toscanini for pointers. Total expenses of a concert run to about $50, most of which is recovered at the box office. Deficits are underwritten by boosting citizens (who subscribe about $1, get their names in the program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hoosier Athens' Symphony | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...varsity netmen for the Big Red struggle will be chosen from among Captain Dave Burt, Langdon Gilkey, Chet Legg, John Stewart, Ross Lyell, Harris Westhelmer, Homer Peabody, and Cory Wynn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Tennis Team to Meet Cornell's Courtmen Tomorrow | 5/10/1940 | See Source »

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