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...Professor Cawley began here as an instructor in German. He had been teaching all the Scandinavian language courses, and was assisting in German 300 until he left recently on a year's leave of absence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: F. Stanton Cawley, Professor Of Norse Languages, Dies | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

Frank Stanton Cawley '10, associate professor of Scandinavian Languages and tutor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, died of a heart attack in Princeton, N. J. Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: F. Stanton Cawley, Professor Of Norse Languages, Dies | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...slaloms, but he's hard to best in the jumping and cross country events. Another lad expected to crash through this season is Finn Ferner, Norwegian dare-devil who had a bit of bad luck last year when he found New England trails a little more tortuous than the Scandinavian slopes, spending most of his racing time in the woods. As far as style goes, Ferner is probably the most accomplished of Halsey's experts...

Author: By Paul C. Sheeline, | Title: What's His Number? | 1/7/1941 | See Source »

...boat had done service as a flower tub on the lawn in front of a Lake Oscawana hotel. A Scandinavian carpenter bought her for $5, emptied out a petunia bed, replanked her and launched her in nearby Annsville Creek. He sold her for a neat profit. Mrs. Douglas, who is short, roly-polyish and handy with tools, was sure she could do the same thing. She bought the boat, christened it Dottie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Tale of a Tub | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

...ports there are two German, 27 Italian and a quantity of Scandinavian vessels, all seeking to stay out of Britain's reach. Mr. Cross stated perfectly openly: "I naturally cast a covetous eye on those vessels." He covets also some 300,000 U. S. tons now lying idle in port. He recalled that the U. S. saved Britain's bacon in 1918 not so much by fighting in France as by producing 3,033,000 tons of shipping (up from 998,000 tons in 1917) and he made clear that the sea war was the real, basic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Tons to Live | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

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