Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Soldier and the Lady" brings to the screen Jules Verne's great novel, "Michael Strogoff." Akim Tamiroff as the sinister and ambitious Ogareff, Anton Walbrook as Strogoff, and Elizabeth Allen as Nadia carry difficult parts with the utmost conviction. The story of the rebellion against the Czar by Ogareff and Strogoff's efforts to frustrate it is well known to lovers of Jules Verne. The program at the University for the balance of the week is one of the best to appear there for many moons since both features rival in excellence...
...nine miles to work and back in Medford, Mass; how before the Brockton Marathon in 1911 he breakfasted on 12 oranges, a bag of pine nuts and a pound of caramels; how to dodge traffic in a marathon; and how he kept going between marathons as printer, scoutmaster, schoolteacher, soldier...
Other Saturday sports: Rugby vs. the Boston Rugby Club at Soldier's Field; Freshman baseball vs. Worcester at Soldiers Field; Tennis vs. Amherst at Amherst; and Jayvee baseball vs. Governor Dummer at South Byfield...
Child of Trouble. The night Morris Watson was born his mother died, and his house burned down. That was in Joplin, Mo., Jan. 29, 1901. He ran away from home in 1915 having completed but one year of high school; 1916 found him a soldier in the U. S. Army on the Mexican Border. A year later he landed in France, a private in the 18th Infantry, 1st Division, A.E.F. Hotheaded, he was swapping punches with a sergeant inside a barracks room one day when another soldier entered, started helping the sergeant. Watson grabbed a chair and knocked the newcomer...
...also known by a few that baseball permeates Harvard, Hawk-eyes may suspect such a fact by the frequent smack of ball against glove on the greens of the Houses, especially by the activity on Soldier's Field. Baseball is good at Harvard, too, and for several years Cambridge teams have sparkled in collegiate competition. It may be true that Harvard has not the best diamond and bleachers in the world, that this year the nine has given us a disappointing start; but considering that the Mayor of Harvard might have thrown the first ball...