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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Providence Arena is warm, in direct contrast to the chilly Watson Rink; the ice, according to varsity manager Charles Kennel, is "like cheese." The short distance between the blue lines puts the Bruin defensemen at an advantage they did not enjoy at Watson last Saturday, when they lost to the Crimson...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Basketball, Hockey Varsities Favored In Tonight's Contests Against Brown | 2/14/1959 | See Source »

Suddenly one of her gloves, its short fingers outlined in yellow angora, fell to the floor. All Lucius had to do was stretch down and touch it, but Miss Schroeder, moving with a speed unnatural to her bulk, quickly retrieved it. And soon, after a moment of stillness, he heard a quiet, but unmistakable, "Oh!," and he knew it had really been worth...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Love Finds a Way | 2/14/1959 | See Source »

...tired of anonymity, waning Peer Status and unspoken resentment, square your shoulders and come to 14 Plympton Street at 7:30 tonight. The firing of The Crime's celebrated Spring Competition, an unusually short one this year, gives you a chance to get off the launching pad for a successful breakthrough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Welcomes Candidates For Spring Competition Tonight | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

...collection occupies rows and rows of the black boxes, all fielled with manuscripts pencilled in Wolfe's illegible scrawl, or typed drafts with autograph corrections. In the boxes are the complete manuscripts of three of Wolfe's four published novels (Look Homeward, Angel is in ledger form), all the short stories, most of the letters, and the tremendous amount of unpublished miscellaneous material which he had written along the way. The library has restricted a large portion of the papers because of their reference to persons still alive, and it will be years before the entire collection is available...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Houghton Collection Provides Treasure Trove for Scholars | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

...clubs--chastened no doubt by last year's fiasco--co-operated by sending in their bid lists promptly. "100%" was achieved, but not without anxious moments for the officials in charge and not without heartache and ruptured friendships for the sophomores. Success by Bicker's standards, in short, does not make Bicker a wholly desirable thing, and most Princetonians, from Interclub Committee Chairman David J. Callard on down, will readily admit...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Princeton Seeks a 'Meaningful Alternative' | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

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