Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just for the heck of it, tall, tense, Brown University English Instructor Wade C. Thompson, 35, placed an ad in the Brown Daily Herald...
Will all students of Brown and Pembroke (undergraduate or graduate), all faculty members, library or administrative officials, who wish to sign a petition calling for the abolition of intercollegiate football at Brown, please contact Wade Thompson...
...Football does not build the character," Thompson returned. "It's no substitute for motherhood...
...answer to a question, Thompson was forced to admit that his petition to abolish the game and his Strategy Committee were indeed flctitious. Sweating but still emphatic after a two-hour dedate, he told the CRIMSON, "This is the end. I just wanted to start the controversy and point out the over-emphasized sanctity of the game at Brown. Someone else may carry the ball." Upon congratulating his opponent, Thompson was told by Mackessey, "Carry on, Wade...
Referring to Thompson's alma mater, which banned football, one heckler in the crowd asked, "Mr. Thompson, what do they do at Chicago on Saturday afternoons?" Again, Thompson's reply was ready: "I guess they sleep...