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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lowell beneath him facing the fresh quadrangle seemed to him a brother dreamer. Those two, alone, experienced bewilderment in the contemplation of these marks of modern education--the dadoes, the stippled floors of battleship linoleum, the Revolutionary tapestry, the purple paint and high table. Even the Georgian windows appeared unfamiliar in their rows six high and forty long. He took some comfort in the thought that perhaps the change would be only a physical one. If that was so he could learn to like the solid brick of the new courtyards almost as well as had liked the weathered dormitories...
...chance think so because: 1) Under the rules of the America's Cup races she crossed the ocean on her own bottom and had to be rerigged when she got here, while the Enterprise has been tuning up all summer. 2) She is sailed by an Englishman unfamiliar with the ocean at Newport, while Skipper Vanderbilt has sailed at Newport since boyhood. 3) She is sailed by a professional, and professionals as a class are rarely as resourceful as amateurs...
...oldtime Norwegian whalers. In charge of the expedition is Captain Olaf Stokken of Sunnyfield, N. J.; in charge of the vessel is Captain Johannes Smith of Freeport, L. I. Off Georgia the Frango will be joined by four small "killer" boats, will then proceed to the Antarctic. Unfamiliar in this region is the U. S. flag, for the large-scale Antarctic whaling industry is conducted by English, Norwegian and Danish vessels, many of which are controlled by Anglo-Norwegian Holdings, Ltd., whose shares are traded in on the New York Curb. If the Frango does well, American Whaling Co. will...
...Cornell offered a little spring instruction in rugby, the sport could be used on the fall schedule instead of touch football. Most intramural athletes would prefer to play a real game, even an unfamiliar one, than one of illegitimate origin and uncertain rules. --Cornell...
Working with a nucleus of 25 men who have signified their intention of playing, the coaches will get a team together in anticipation of a Yale game, which will take place late in April if the practice is successful. Several English graduate students will instruct those who are unfamiliar with the game, and all men interested, experienced or not, are urged to communicate with T. L. Jarman in 24 Massachusetts Hall. Jarman is a graduate of Oxford, where he was an Exhibitioner of New College, and is studying here as a Davison Scholar...