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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four top winners got from $2,500 to $1,000 apiece; everybody else collected $100. Thrown in for good measure were four $1,500 fellowships and ten medals of honor designed by Sculptor William Zorach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: You Can't Lose | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo shook his head violently over the new ballet. Said he: "You might as well put a mustache on a Rubens." He tried to get Rodeo-and the American woman who composed it-thrown out of the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Homegrown | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Student grifters have thrown a snag into Bill Bingham's new plan to allot Stadium seats by class standing. As a result, some Seniors will have to watch the Columbia game from the 10-yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ticket-Gouging Upsets New Stadium Seating Program | 9/29/1948 | See Source »

Proceedings at Memorial Church basement were thrown into a sudden uproar yesterday when authorities discovered that none of the Freshman X-rays taken last Thursday disclosed a chest. A double check revealed that either 483 Freshmen have no ribs or something went wrong with the camera...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: X-Ray Cameras, Calculators Baffled by Freshman Influx | 9/28/1948 | See Source »

...result, only a few token T-formation plays have been grafted into the single-wing trunk. Jim Kenary, last year's passing whiz, who hasn't thrown from the T yet, was shifted from quarterback to tailback early last week...

Author: By Steve Cady, | Title: Crimson is Still on Fundamentals As Columbia Opener Approaches | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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