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Word: st (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...student generation to which thumbs have more to do than pull out plums, six-foot, 20-year-old Stanley Fiese of Beloit (Wis.) was last week putting his 185 lb. of brain and brawn behind a helpful idea-Registered Collegiate Thumbers. A student at St. Ambrose College in Davenport (Iowa), he got the idea last May, thumbed his way around during the summer to enlist boys in several colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Thumbs Up | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...When St. Ambrose opened this fall he had distributed 25 charters covering more than 500 members. For a 50? fee members receive an authorized R. C. T. emblem as a visible roadside high-sign, and a certified identification card bearing on the reverse a legal waiver releasing any motorist kind enough to offer a lift from liability in case of accident. Encouraged by the Roman Catholic faculty at St. Ambrose, Thumber Fiese plans to enlist 800 more colleges. Says he: "We believe our fundamental idea is sound and . . . that our organization will benefit society. ... I have a girl friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Thumbs Up | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

John Ungemach Wolter, St. Charles, Minnesota--St. Charles High School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 243 Freshmen From Everywhere Win Scholarships | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

...Boston Bees twice subdued the revamped St. Louis Cardinals yesterday by scores of 6 to 5 and 4 to 1 in Boston yesterday. Other scores: NATIONAL--Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 0; Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 6; New York 6, Cincinnati 1; New York 2, Cincinnati 1; Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0; Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1. AMERICAN--New York 7, Chicago...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bees Win Twin Bill | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Once or twice a year Copey gives a reading to the Freshman Class in the Union. His Christmas reading is a highlight in Yardling life. From time to times he sees a few members of each new class, selected by their English teachers, in his Concord St. apartment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Born Late, 1942 Will Miss Four Harvard Traditions | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

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