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...told the Food Administration that, as there is no shortage of food except in pork and its products, abstinence from wheat and beef involves an unnecessary sacrifice. If this be true, and if, as they say, stocks of beef and mutton are pilling up in cold storage, what better proof do we need of the President's statement? --New York World...
...durability, or if men under age are as good soldiers, it seems fair to summon the latter, especially since they are less likely to have dependents. There are many between nineteen and twenty-one who have finished their education, but not really started their life work. Proof of equal ability, or a scarcity of older draftees, will bring them into the army...
...small squad, which was enlarged during the season by an effective recruiting campaign, the team has progressed. Interest in football diverted us from watching the steady, though slow, development. Recovering from early, discouraging defeats the 1921 runners have persevered, with resulting success. The victory over Yale was a convincing proof that the Freshmen had made big strides. They are out to make today's contest the climax of the season...
...hoodwink a country feller. Since William Hodge rang up a three-seasons' run in "The Man From Home," city chaps, wise guys and snobs have tried to spoof him, but William is spoof-proof. He is talking through his nose at the Majestic this week in a play called "A Cure For Curables," in which he makes considerable sport of his spoofers...
...these young tigers are just as loathe to have knots tied in their tails. They will not submit without a struggle. The 1921 eleven has a daring task ahead. So far it has not met its better, but it is never safe to use this as proof that it will not. Only by alertness and power can the cubs be captured. The Freshmen, however, have both. They have had no University team to teach them how to tame the beast, yet they surely have the inherited instinct to do so. Coach Wallace, a veteran hunter and known...