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With six minutes gone in the first quarter, the Lamarmen racked up the first tally on an off-tackle smash by "Squibby" Squibb from the seven yard line. A sixteen yard run by Mel Gordon brought the ball into scoring position. Feary's kick for the point was good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees Down Stubborn Northeastern '43 Squad 13-6, in Close Contest | 11/11/1939 | See Source »

...Sixteen Cambridge public school graduates now enrolled in the University have been named recipients of Buckley awards for the current academic year, the University announced today. Thirteen additional awards, totaling. $6,262, for graduate study during the year were announced at the same time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AWARDS GIVEN TO TWENTY-NINE MEN | 10/5/1939 | See Source »

...experiment, a group of sixteen Freshmen showed marked improvement in reading skill and some advance in scholastic standing, after eight weeks of special training last fall. They increased their reading speed by 50 percent, gained in reading accuracy, and altered for the better their habits of eye movement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Receive New Reading Instruction to Raise Eye Speed | 9/26/1939 | See Source »

...hundred and sixteen scholarships have already been awarded by Harvard College to incoming Freshmen, according to latest figures from the Dean's Office. This total of more than a fifth of the class of 1943 receiving aid from the University will be increased before Registration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Opens Portals to 1000 Incoming Men As Start of 304th Academic Session Approaches | 9/1/1939 | See Source »

...Sixteen days, 19 hours, 4 minutes after leaving New York, Widow Adams was back again. She had flown all the way. Total mileage: 25,000. Cost: $2,500. Chortled she: "That's ten cents a mile. Can you travel cheaper than that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Round Trip | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

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