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...Christian religion." So spoke New Mexico's Attorney General Joe L. Martinez in arguing before the state supreme court that Lindrith High School pupils could legally say the Lord's Prayer in their classrooms and study "basic, non- denominational Christian concepts." Last week came a ringing war whoop from Indian-loving Novelist Oliver (Laughing Boy) La Farge in the Santa Fe New Mexican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Christian Country? | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Whoop for War. Young Calhoun was something of a prig. When" his admiring brothers persuaded him to give up farming and sent him to college at 20, he worked as hard at Yale as if he were plowing a rocky patch of land. To the frequent ridicule of his fellow students, he would reply that he studied hard "in order that he might acquit himself creditably when he should become a member of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost Cause | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...year ago Coalminer Edwin Midgley of South Kirkby, Yorkshire joined a football pool that netted him a tidy $44,800. With a whoop and a holler, Midgley quit the coal-digging business "forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Poor Little Rich Man | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

Wolf, who succeeds goalie Whoop Batchelder, finished the season as outside left and scored the second of the Crimson's two goals over Yale Saturday. During the season, Wolf booted in a total of four goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Picks Wolf As Its Captain for 1950 | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

Nineteen soccer lettermen will participate in the election of their new captain who will replace Whoop Batcheder. Junior lettermen Don Harchman, Jim Johnson, Dick Miller, Charley Weiss, and Ted Wolf are eligible for the post as well as sophomore lettermen Vern Drechmel, Ben Goldstein, John Harvey, Larry Leonard, Hewitt Pantalconi, and Ed Seaga...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Sports Pick '50 Captains Today | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

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