Word: scherman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Burnetts took their magazine to the Mediterranean island of Majorca. By 1933 Story had acquired such a patina of prestige that it attracted the attention of three smart literary middlemen of Manhattan, Publishers Bennett ("Beans") Cerf and Donald Klopfer of the Modern Library and Random House and Harry Scherman of the Book-of-the-Month Club...
Middlemen Cerf, Klopfer and Scherman frequently profess their love of literature but they are no fools. They saw that Story was getting no nearer to standing on its own financial bottom. Last week, in announcing its sale to Dr. Simon, they declared: "Story has grown out of the class where it can any longer be treated as a part-time interest." Mildly Editor Whit Burnett mentioned that the old owners had not given him enough money to expand the way he wanted...
After Princeton had piled up 13 points in the first period, Harvard launched an attack in which A. W. Scherman'34 and T. N. Lawier 21, ex-Princeton football star, worked the ball down to the Tiger goal line. H. P. Schwyzer '34 finally went over for Harvard's only tally. The kick failed...