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...commonplace may yet thrill to one of nature's greatest sights -a giant condor taking off. Trotting down a slight incline with wings half spread, gathering speed, nosing up at full stretch, picking favorable currents, it spirals up, up, up 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 ft. to soar for hours without one visible motion of its magnificent wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Condor Upturn | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...this 225 million year old fossiliferous monstrosity was uncovered by a recent Harvard expedition in the "red-beds" of Northwest Texas. On inspection, one must try to visualize a gargantuan turtle with a vertical and flattened rather than a horizontal and curved shell. A series of long bony vertebrae soar skyward in transcending gothic splendor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY ACQUIRES LONG-SPINED REPTILE | 3/2/1937 | See Source »

While the Varsity soar to new heights, Clark Hodder's Freshman team hasn't looked any too good in its opening games. Still undefeated the Yardlings have yet to face any serious opposition, and certainly they can't hold a candle to Austie Harding's outfit of last year or Roberts' team of two years back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Sirs: In a year which saw man's greed, stupidity, inhumanity, soar to unprecedented heights, one must look to physical rather than intellectual qualifications to define the Man of the Year. Peak product of the youngest race an symbol of its ascendancy-inevitable Jesse Owens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1936 | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...eleven which has not yet had the opportunity to show its mettle an attitude of interest and sympathy on the part of the university is essential. Even if enthusiasm cannot be expected to soar in the face of complete routs or "victories of the one eyed against the blind," the tide can never be turned without the whole-hearted backing of the undergraduates. This support must come first; then it is hoped the victories will follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LORD'S PRAYER | 10/24/1936 | See Source »

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