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...bought his books will squirm at some of his recollections, if they ever hear about them. Remembers Cabell: "In practice, among the upper circles of the state of Virginia ... a fair number of accessible young gentlewomen whose social standing stayed unquestioned, whether as wives or as spinsters, were no whit averse to extreme amorous dalliance if only you took sane precautions...
Were he a students, Fieser would be classified as a character, since he drives a sleek Jaguar convertible and breeds Siamese cats which be names after chemical compounds. But since he is a world famous organic chemist, his quirks--though legendary--leave him no whit less respected...
Yale scored to start the third stanza, but Crimson Captain Mauricio Toro sank a long shot and Johnny Youmans tallied on a scramble to put the Yardlings ahead, 3 to 2. However, Eli captain Whit McQuarrie clinched season scoring honors by sinking a direct free-kick to tie the game at 10:15 of the last quarter...
...with Oklahoma A. & M., and they showed how Drake Halfback Johnny Bright, the nation's leading ground gainer (and the first Negro ever to play at Stillwater, Okla.), was knocked out of the game. "Vicious, malicious and intentional," growled the Drake men. Nonsense, sputtered Oklahoma Coach Jennings Bryan Whit worth. "No boy was coached to slug you." But the play-by-play films showed a slugging that looked deliberate rather than absentminded...
...INTELLIGENT MAN'S GUIDE TO WOMEN (167 pp.)-Jane Whit bread & Vivian Cadden-Schuman...