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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alpine slopes, standing up straight on skis was impractical. He started to ski in a crouch. In the next 30 years skiing in a crouch not only became the accepted way to ski but, by making skiing easier, made it popular all over the world. Hired as a ski teacher by St. Anton's Hotel Post when he was 17, Hannes Schneider taught the hotel guests to ski in a crouch. During his ample spare time, he gave free lessons in skiing and crouching to St. Anton villagers. During the War, he served with the Austrian Army, first...
...winter headquarters for most of Europe's outdoor-minded royalty. Enrolled in his classes at various times were the late King Albert of the Belgians, Rumania's Prince Nicholas, Spain's King Alfonso, Yugoslavia's Prince Paul. No king is a dignitary to his ski teacher. When Prince von Starhemberg got in the way of other pupils on a practice slope, Skimeister Schneider shouted: "Hit him on the head...
...four years, will undoubtedly be elected to Phi Beta Kappa this year. His career could not have been more expertly designed to get him a good job after graduation if it had been arranged by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Kelley's current plan is to become a prep-school teacher and football coach. Said he last week as he left the field after his last and greatest game: "Gee, I'm sorry my career is over! I feel sort of funny. I guess I ought to go off somewhere and be by myself, alone. I want to find...
Mogul is a remarkable young man who was born 24 years ago in London, but was educated in Baltimore. He clams that his powers of telepathy were discovered when he was a very young child, going to grade school. In class, he would anticipate the teacher's question, raise his hand, and read the answer right out of the teacher's mind. Later on in life, Baltimore City College, he would read the mind of the Phi Beta Kappa students during the exams and thereby obtain a high grade without any studying...
...that small world of Harvard we would speak. There is no use disguising the very real and personal loss which several generations of Harvard men will experience when they read the announcement of Professor Whitehead's retirement. He is as well and justly celebrated among undergraduates as a great teacher in his "Phil. 3" and "Phil. 3b" as he is in the larger outside world for his "Religion in the Making" and his "Organization of Thought...