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...Winter Championship of the Freshman Interdormitory Competition was won by Standish Hall by a decisive margin, it was announced yesterday. Gore Hall nosed out Smith and McKinlock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STANDISH HALL TAKES WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP | 4/5/1928 | See Source »

Last week, the Better Element having forgotten it was in politics, and "the town" being weary of her welldoing, Mrs. Landes was defeated for re-election by Frank Edwards, a retired Seattle showman. This time the Mayor-elect's margin was 19,000 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Landes Out | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

Last year Sicily led Sardinia in murders by a small margin; but Sardinia completely distanced Sicily in thefts. Per 100,000 hypothetical citizens there were, in Sicily, 24 murders & 353 stealings, while in Sardinia occurred proportionately 16.2 killings and an imposing 914 thefts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Dagger Falls | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...Heryer '29 and H. L. Hart '28, representing the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That this house views with apprehension the increased naval expenditures of the United States," won by a small margin from Edward Morley '29 and A. S. Gilmartin '31, arguing for the affirmative, in a debate yesterday evening in the Main Living Room of the Union. L. T. Grimm '29 acted as chairman of the meeting which was sponsored by the Debating Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEBATERS WHO WILL MEET TORONTO WIN AT UNION | 2/28/1928 | See Source »

...Triangular meet the Crimson pinned its hopes on the running events, but the Ithacans gained a decisive win in the annual three-cornered battle by a 12 point margin. The meet was in results a repetition of the 1922 battle, but the Crimson runners and weight men were making a more threatening bid for honors. The victory of J. N. Watters '26 over Captain E. B. Kirby of Cornell, intercollegiate mile champion, is described as one of the indoor classics of all time. Fifteen yards behind Kirby and tiring fast, Watters uncorked a terrific sprint in the last two laps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Triumphs Add Lustre to Triangular Meet History | 2/21/1928 | See Source »

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