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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...middle distances seem fairly well taken care of, with Frank McKechnie and Ted Meredith in the 440, and Bill Young, John Dane, Henry Stewart, and Bob Brundage in the half. Brundage, a recent convert to the 880, leaves the broad-jump badly weakened. Leaders in a large group of milers and two-milers are Bob Jay, Charlie Robbins, Fred Bradley, Sam Worthen, Dan Jones, Tom McElligott, Wally Fenn, and John Sopka...
William C. Coleman '40 and William H. Daughaday '40 were elected captains of the hockey and wrestling teams respectively in a ballot taken yesterday among the letter men of both of the sports. They will both lead their teams during the 1939-40 season...
...glorification of James II, but since it appeared after the Glorious Revolution, it suddenly lost every bit of political significance. It also lost any legendary accuracy, and emerged as a merry little fantasy about fairies and such, rather in the spirit of Shakespere's "Tempest." The work was immediately taken to the English national heart, and it remained popular for several centuries, provoking a number of revivals. Few of this generation have heard it, since the last presentation was in 1935 by a BBC company...
...dickering I. R. T.'s then President Theodore P. Shonts put on a great show of letting the city get the better side of the bargain. A man of wit, he remarked: "I was fairly well dressed when I went into that room, but they've taken away everything but my shirt." To enable Mr. Shonts to dress again I. R. T. promptly recompensed him with a $150,000 bonus and doubled his salary...
About five years ago Jenny Jones and Suzie Smith graduated from high school and came to work in the Harvard Dining Halls at $500 a year. In 1937 the Pension Plan was started by the University and $12 was taken from the annual salaries of the two girls. The University added another $12 and the total annual premium of $24 was deposited in a Retirement Annuity for each girl with the Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association. Last year they joined the A.F. of L. Dining Hall Employees Union, and, since both Jenny and Suzie face problems in connection with their...