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Coach Butch Jordan's band, trying for its sixth win in seven starts, has a good chance of getting it, but the outcome will depend on a few key matches and the Crimson must record plus in at least two of them. Once again the best two bouts should be the 128-pound and heavyweight tussles...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Princeton's Juggernaut Sweeps Onto Blockhouse Mats Today | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

These are the leading arguments in the debate. Because of an amazingly uninformed and usually prejudiced public opinion, final decision will depend on which side can muster the most political strength...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: Tideland Oil | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

Czechoslovakia was stepping up its anti-church propaganda. In a recent pastoral letter, a Czech Catholic bishop declared: "Your loyalty to the church [may] be subjected to a new test. Your way of life and your eternal salvation will depend on whether you withstand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: War on Faith | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...them to connect with the ball. When his time arrives, he rushes to the bench, picks up a bat and without any ceremony, walks right up to the ball. He has a fancy way of meeting it-chopping it right on the nose and whenever he connects, you can depend upon seeing it take the long route...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Faculty | 2/19/1949 | See Source »

...drawing of the cartoons is a generally good approximation of the real thing-"Little Orpheum Anne," "Supergoon"-and, once or twice, is even funny in itself. But the humor of the dialogue and the situations is what tells, and it is forced, hoary, and sometimes private. It seems to depend sololy on the type of wit referred to in the first sentence: the humor of the iconoclast. Now, there's no one who enjoys more than I the prospect of Orphan Annie getting her due, which, in this instance, comes in being taken advantage of by some drunken Yaleman...

Author: By George A. Lelper, | Title: On the Shelf | 2/15/1949 | See Source »

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