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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Charles Horace Mayo, famed Rochester (Minn.) surgeon, while taking a vacation in Los Angeles, made remarks; said he: "Ladies' legs are really an interesting study nowadays. They're losing their calves. Why, these high-heeled shoes they're wearing are changing completely the shape of their legs. . . . They ride in automobiles too much. So, not walking, they get shorter. And because they're getting shorter, they're wearing higher heels so they can walk beside their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 7, 1928 | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

...attempted to work this lamed leg back into shape last fall with constant workouts on the cross country team, but the same injury kept him from running in the winter meets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1931 TRACK TEAM ELECTS VERNON MUNROE CAPTAIN | 5/5/1928 | See Source »

Coach E. J. Brown '96 is now getting his men in shape for the race with M. I. T. on May 5 and will stage another trial contest in the Basin on Saturday to condition his crews for the straightaway pull. After this work-out, he will select the coxswain for the first University crew. The four leading candidates for the steersman's post are, at present, D. F. Baum '30, J. H. McCollum '28, C. H. Pforzheimer '28, and L. L. Wadsworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INELIGIBLE CREW WINS ROUGH HANDICAP RACE | 4/26/1928 | See Source »

Although the wet weather has prevented the first year men from any regular practice this week. Coach Claude Davidson feels that the team is in good shape and should emerge on the long end of today's verdict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN BASEBALL TEAM PLAYS ST. JOHN'S | 4/25/1928 | See Source »

...days before the opening the play is whipped into shape. Then the cursing beings. What seemed funny beforehand doesn't seem at all funny now. Finally comes the Sunday night before the Monday opening, when the final dress rehearsal occurs. It starts at 7 o'clock in the evening and continues until about 7 or 8 o'clock the following morning. Then the weeks spent on the road before going into New York are full of trials. One audience never sees exactly the same performance that another sees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chorine-Picking Described by Harvard Musical Comedy Writer--Vinton Freedley '14 Is Author of "Here's Howe" | 4/17/1928 | See Source »

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