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Word: showings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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While the University Athletic Council has already signed up one or two colleges for the program next fall, investigations show that nothing has yet been done toward including Harvard on the list. The Daily Herald has always taken the stand that an old tradition, such as the football, series with Harvard, even if unfortunately temporarily disrupted should be kept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 10/26/1928 | See Source »

...guinea but merely contemplates reform. If he plans the replacement of the traditional shower by the more famous bath-tub, he is doomed to disappointment; champagne instead of water perhaps, but tubs instead of showers,--never. A possible novelty would seem to be the production of an athletic show in which the heroine did not invade the locker room in order to embrace the all-American fullback. Here is something worth considering, but it is to be feared that the author of so many Vanities will never neglect a good dressing room scene. A real contribution is in sight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETICS FOR EARL | 10/25/1928 | See Source »

...these, Amherst, investigations were made to determine whether they really fulfilled their function of predicting scholastic ability any better than the usual entrance examinations, and after a six year period the results are decidedly negative. Comparison of the test results with the records made by the men in college show that in no case did the two show more than a fifty per cent correspondence. The endeavor to diagnose by psychology what value a student will obtain from a college education was no more efficacious than the older method of testing his knowledge by examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEYOND MEASURE | 10/23/1928 | See Source »

Present indications would tend to show that the University will present an unscathed front when it meets the Big Green at the end of the week. The shoulder injury of J. S. Cunningham '29 sustained in the contest with the West Pointers seems to be the only casualty of any consequence. S. L. Batchelder '31, who has been out for some time with a twisted ankle, returned today only to suffer a reoccurrence of the injury while carrying the ball. It is believed that he will be able to face action Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGULARS WATCH TEAM B IN HARD SCRIMMAGE | 10/23/1928 | See Source »

Good News, A Connecticut Yankee, Show Boat, Rain or Shine, Blackbirds of 1928, George White's Scandals, Earl Carroll's Vanities, Good Boy, Billie, Chee Chee, Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 22, 1928 | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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