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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lighter-minded, the War Office has established in the main recruiting depot at Great Scotland Yard a line of male mannequins. These stalwart young men are exhibited in the full dress uniforms of a dozen famed regiments. A bashful recruit can shuffle about and decide for himself whether he would look better in the gaudy stockings of the Gordon Highlanders, the befrogged jackets of the Royal Horse Artillery, the white-plumed bearskin of the Royal Scots Greys, the brass helmets of the Royal Dragoons. Those who choose humbler regiments are handed new undress or "walking out'' uniforms that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Insidious Doctrine | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

...Students who wish to be considered for vacancies as they occur should fill out an application for the Waiting List at C University Hall. A number of rooms in College dormitories outside the Yard are available for 1936-37. Applications for these rooms should be made at Lehman Hall immediately. Students who have reserved a room in the College dormitories will be allowed to cancel their reservations without change in case they later receive assignment to a room in a House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS ON HOUSE ADMISSIONS WILL BE MAILED TODAY | 5/2/1936 | See Source »

...Yard concerts will be given this year by the Glee Club in place of the three that were given last year. The first will be on Tuesday, May 5, at 7 o'clock. As usual, the concerts, will be on the steps of Widener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO YARD CONCERTS BY GLEE CLUB THIS YEAR | 5/2/1936 | See Source »

...teams winning the Quadrangular Meet and coming third in the I.C.A.A.A.A. meet this winter. In spring track the team won the G.B.I. meet handily in spite of the absence of four crack hurdlers who went down to the Penn relays to set a new record in the 480-yard shuttle hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO SUCCESSOR FOR MIKKOLA HAS YET BEEN CONSIDERED | 5/1/1936 | See Source »

...these trials each candidate will be expected to speak for five minutes on the general subject of Freshman life in the Yard today. The judging will take into account both the speaking ability and the subject matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '39 SPEAKER IN 300TH WILL BE PICKED TODAY | 4/28/1936 | See Source »

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