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...ROTC Quartermaster Corps at the Business School here is of much higher calibre than average," the Colonel declared, "and I have been trying to get some of the graduates as instructors." He cited as an example Lester Hanks, who went on from here to the highest grade in the history of the training school at Philadelphia, and is now in charge of the new unit at Texas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC Men Called Equal of Military College Graduates | 4/17/1942 | See Source »

...LESTER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1942 | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

Pole Vault--Won by Lon Wright. Second, John Lester, Third tie between Steve Brooks and Alex Rogerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY HANDICAP TRACK RACES WILL BE HELD TODAY | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

High Jump--Won by John Bunker. Second, Ted Bauer, Third, John Lester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY HANDICAP TRACK RACES WILL BE HELD TODAY | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

...Lester V. Berrey has been at work on this absorbing, 1,174-page thesaurus since 1931. He got special checking help from such experts as Bing Crosby (on music), Variety's Jack Edward (entertainment slang), John A. Leslie of Ohio State Prison on the language of tramps and the underworld. His collaborator, Nebraskan Philologist Melvin Van den Bark, worked out the main outlines of classification and groupings of words. In general these follow Roget but they culminate in 430 highly readable pages on "Special Slang" of various trades, sports and regions. That section alone will probably help more third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Slang | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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