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Cornell's Captain Walter Zittel will struggle with Dartmouth's sensational Lawrence Ritter in the 300, and Walter Schmidt will vie with Dartmouth's Bob Williams in the 1000 yard run. Weak in the distances, Harvard is expected to be a spectator in these events, though Kenneth Zeigler, Cornell Sophomore, may push Jim Lightbody to a new record...

Author: By Paul I. Carp, | Title: Ithacans Will Battle Dartmouth for Quad Meet Team Title This Saturday | 2/16/1940 | See Source »

...entirely new coaching staff, will be full of surprises. But Jaakko gives assurance that he and Bill Neufeld are working up a couple of surprises, too. Not the least of these will be the development of a well-rounded, high scoring squad out of the question mark that will vie with the Veterans of Foreign Wars on January...

Author: By Paul I. Carp, | Title: Spirit Will Assist Decimated Cinder Squad Through 1940 Season--Mikkola | 1/9/1940 | See Source »

...Vie Jones of the Globe: "Harvard by one or two touchdowns. Harlow has a superior all-round ball-club and more dangerous backs. It may be a thriller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...hardly wait for the program to go on Thursday nights. Just as ardent are some 5,000,000 U. S. radio listeners, including members of some 1,400 groups which gather weekly to hear the debates, fight them out locally later. Most eager of all are the thousands who vie weekly by mail for the 1,600 seats in Manhattan's Town Hall and a chance to heckle the speakers in person. Anxious, too, for a chance at the program are at least two hefty radio sponsors (Chrysler, Metropolitan Life), but NBC's Town Meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Chance to Heckle | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

There are universities which vie with Harvard in architectural beauty; there are those which exceed it in enrollment; and there are more than a few which are superior in athletic achievements. But in one respect, Harvard still reigns supreme, for rate indeed is that university which can challenge its academic standing. Years of progressive educational innovations and the ability of outstanding scholars in every field of study have built up step by step at Harvard a machine for analyzing and applying culture and knowledge which is a tribute to the doctrine of academic freedom and which is almost without parallel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRONTS OF UNIVERSITY WARFARE: ACADEMIC | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

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