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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...That Dr. Parkinson was Temple's real boss, had tried to have Dr. Beury ousted and grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Money-Changers at Temple | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...story was a hoax. Consequently, when the News printed a similar story last month, Yale men yawned. Said the News: The day of the Brown game would be Sadie Hawkins Day: any girl who cared to buy game tickets and pay expenses might go to New Haven and grab herself a Yale escort. To their consternation, Yale men soon learned that this time the News was not fooling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sadie Hawkins at Yale | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

After rising to great heights last week to edge heavily favored Kirkland 7-6, the Eliot eleven took a long tumble yesterday afternoon as Lowell capitalized on breaks to grab its first victory of the year 12-0. Meanwhile, Kirkland and Winthrop were battling to a 0-0 tie, and Dunster, after pushing Dudley all over the field, finally eked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNSTER FIELD GOAL BEATS DUDLEY AS LOWELL VANQUISHES ELIOT 12-0 | 11/6/1940 | See Source »

Harvard is struggling to keep its head above water in the modern football whirl and quite sensibly refuses to grab a life-preserver called subsidization. But there must be a showdown soon because Harvard wants to find a way to reconcile big-time and amateur football...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Grid Dilemma May Be Solved By Forming of New Ivy League | 11/1/1940 | See Source »

...Italia, came out with what might be termed a one-for-you-two-for-me proposal. This organ of the Axis stated that if the United States declared war on Japan, the war machines of Germany and Italy would be pointed our way. The paper suggested that we should grab off a few countries, or possessions of other countries, instead of meddling in the affairs of poor old Japan, who is only looking out for her people by taking over a few small islands in the Pacific and all of China. In other words, the United States should sneak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS | 10/9/1940 | See Source »

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