Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That's the main problem facing Harvard's ex-Big League Coach Injuries, however, have provided more troubles. Craig Woodruff, the wise-cracking short stop, will be out of the game because of a back injury. Johny Fitzpatrick will take his place at short. The other recent causality, Cather Dick Maguire, who suffered a split finger in the Tufts game on Saturday, is expected to be on deck this afternoon. He is one of the better laddies that have squatted behind a Harvard plate and his pegs to second would be severely missed...
...year but Coach Ed Leader has found it necessary to do much experimenting since he has begun the final stretch at Gales Ferry. The Harvard eights have been kept intact and seem to be improving daily under the direction of Coach Charlie Whiteside. The Yale coaches have deemed it wise to give out reports of times and the condition of their squad which the Crimson scouts have called incorrect so that has added to the difficulty of securing a based for comparison. However, the heavy odds which favored the Yale varsity two weeks ago have been steadily declining...
...classes had all been thrown into discard. While these changes, may seem superficial to our older colleagues, they are significant in that they place responsibility directly on the student. In an age when older men consider jobs for the young college graduate only a myth, it is certainly wise to equip him at least with independence and initiative so that he can sail before the wind on this sea of confusion with his spinnaker...
Other diet news of last fortnight: The 30-day test by three women of a basic diet of bananas and skimmed milk, supervised by Chicago's publicity-wise Health Commissioner Bundesen (TIME, May 21) ended with these results: Alice Joy lost 9½ lb., Felicia Terry lost 14 lb., Deon Craddock lost...
General Motors reported an unseasonal drop of 10% in retail sales from April to May. Most other motormakers felt it wise to join the price-cutting parade, and production for the industry as a whole continued to decline. The New York Times business index registered its fifth consecutive weekly decline. While trade was going steadily downhill it gave no signs of such a collapse as Wall Street confidently predicted six weeks ago. But even the most sanguine businessmen saw little hope of an upturn until August at the earliest...