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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moorish guard, motored into the centre of the city. Taking his place on a stand on Barcelona's large and battered Via Diagonal, now appropriately renamed Avenida del Caudillo (Avenue of the Chief) for El Caudillo Franco, the Generalissimo reviewed units of the seven Army corps that had taken part in the Catalonian offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: WAR IN SPAIN | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...election itself, Professor Nock said, "It is certain that Cardinal Pacelli was a unanimous choice. Only three ballots were taken to secure his election, which is extraordinarily quick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Nock Lauds Choice Of Cardinal Pacelli as Pope | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

...Taken up on an ill-considered boast. Lothrop Withington '42 is faced with the prospect of downing a live goldfish in the Union at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Three freshman friends of Withington not believing it possible have offered him $10 for the feat and tickets will be sold to pay for tomorrow's show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING TO EAT GOLDFISH ALIVE TONIGHT IN $10 BET | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

...sacrificing the first aim, the last two can still be salvaged. As a purely voluntary scheme, the Plan has failed because students refuse to take time off from their other college activities, curricular or extra-curricular. But it could be made to work if it were taken off a voluntary basis, if an inducement were added to lure students into its fold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUT OF THE PAST | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

...examination is open to all undergraduates who have not taken, or are not now enrolled in, more than one and one-half courses in American History or American Literature. Students who contemplate taking the examination are urged to see their American History Counselor at once for details...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLISS PRIZE ANNOUNCED | 2/28/1939 | See Source »

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