Word: squashed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other fall sports are to begin with football, and trailing that in publicity though not in popularity, come cross country, soccer, tennis, squash, crew, singles sculling, handball, with impromptu touch touch football, and fall baseball filling in the remaining spots. There's also pingpong and pool. Other sports which come up during the remainder of the year are hockey, wrestling, boxing, basketball, fencing, track, lacrosse, baseball, rugby, golf, and polo. This is a variety which is almost sure to offer at least one sport that a Freshman hasn't tried and probably more...
...Duke, who also performed the hereditary duty of arranging the funeral of King George, had a distressing experience on that occasion. So many subjects decided to attend the funeral that London suffered its most awful squash, and 200 spectators had to be hauled off in ambulances...
Arriving in Southampton for a surprise inspection visit to the Nahlin, King Edward watched cases of champagne, Scotch, soda, lime squash and lemon squash being carried aboard. Royal china and plate from the King's own steam yacht Victoria & Albert will be used on the Nahlin. After a brisk look around His Majesty ordered extra beds set up in the library...
Both the Board and the Administration are still committed to an easy money policy. Easy money means cheap financing, government as well as corporate. And a $1,900,000,000 cushion of excess reserves guarantees low interest rates and high bond prices for some time to come. Nevertheless, to squash any widespread notion that it was deliberately moving for tighter money, the Board took pains to state that its move was an anti-inflationary step offering "further encouragement to sound business recovery and confidence in the long-term investment market...
...offer from Hanfstacugel. February 17: Hockey team climaxes great season, trouncing Yale 5-2. February 18: Freshmen allowed to eat 14 meals in Houses. February 21: Kelly, Maguire, and Hall named 1936 Marshals by classmates. February 24: Sextet takes McGill. Fox wins Junior skating crown. Glidden wins national squash' championship. February 25: Meal rates upped to $9.25 for 1936-37. February 27: Basketeers take Yale 36-32. February 29: Rick Hedblom named 1939 President...