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...indoor season; he will concentrate on the relays at the intercollegiates. As a fitting climax, Lighbody may break his own record at the meet. It is expected that Cornell's new Sophomore star, Ken Zeigler, Jim Ord of Yale, and either Dick Howard or Stafford King of Dartmouth will push the fair haired lad to a new low time...
Ritter will try to double in the 300 and will be pre meet favorite. Competition from Walter Zittel of Cornell and Art Madden, flashy second year man at Yale, may push him to a new record...
...Captain Walter Zittel will struggle with Dartmouth's sensational Lawrence Ritter in the 300, and Walter Schmidt will vie with Dartmouth's Bob Williams in the 1000 yard run. Weak in the distances, Harvard is expected to be a spectator in these events, though Kenneth Zeigler, Cornell Sophomore, may push Jim Lightbody to a new record...
...matter of fact, it's all part of Harvard progress. First Mr. Conant dolled up Massachusetts Hall with push-buttons on every desk; now he's even got buttons on the Dean's vests. Next thing you know, he'll be hiring Norman Bel Geddes to put up a new House. So in these streamlined days there's no place for the gentry who used to wear academic robes to cover up the grease spots. A Harvard President can no longer afford to be a faraway fugitive from the world and Mr. Conant has rightly taken his place...
When Phoneman Moore married Schoolteacher Mabel B. T. Clark (his second wife) six months ago, her first task was to unravel the mysteries of a front-hall panel studded with 28 pushbuttons, representing the overflow of her husband's mechanical talents and his preoccupation with the front door. Push one button and the door opens long enough to admit one visitor, then slams shut. Push it twice and a party of six can slip in without getting nipped. For crowds, a second button holds the door open indefinitely. For salesmen, truculent folk and enemies, a special button flips...