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Aubrey Willis Williams, National Youth Administrator, veteran defender of boondoggling, changed his tune about NYA. Said he: "Sewing rooms, arts & crafts, music, recreation projects, school lunches . . . have got to go. . . . We must get rid of every soft spot that smells." He asked his aides to get "very, very tough."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Too Old To Learn | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Harvard Alternates: J. Glidden, W. Glidden, Lee, Eaton, Ayres, Hamlen, Farrell, Apthorp, Whittington, Donahue, Merrill, Hodgson, Coste, Ready, Summers, Horgan, Willis, Rushmore.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING SIX NETS 7-1 WIN | 12/17/1941 | See Source »

The Harvard Freshman lineup: g, Thompson; rfb, Forester; lfb, Ortega, Hadley, Willis; rhb, Allen, Cooke; chb, Foster; lhb, S. Glidden; ro, Cate; rl, Apthorp; cf, Carr, Ripley; li, Morgan, W. Glidden; lo, Makinson, Langer.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING ELEVEN BEATS BEAR CUB BOOTERS, 2 to 1 | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

The Harvard Freshman lineup: Thompson, g.; Forster, r.f.; Ortega, Hadley, Willis, l.f.; Cooke, Brown, Finbury, r.h.; Allen, ch.; S. Glidden, Miller, Ellis, l.h.; Cato, Osborne, r.o.; Apthorp, Bond, r.i.; Ripley, Carr, c.f.; Morgan, W. Glidden, l.i.; Makinson, l.o.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Soccerites Overwhelm MIT, 4-0 | 11/12/1941 | See Source »

At Antonito, Conductor Henry Willis, who had spent almost a quarter of a century on the run, climbed carefully down. No sentimentalist, Conductor Willis exclaimed, " I'm glad to get off that danged rattletrap."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW MEXICO: End of the Chili Line | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

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