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What saps a nation's strength and pride? What cramps its manly form and stride, And turns its youth, unsanctified, To Coiltrils and carousers? What spreads corruption's baleful breed And makes the stoutest lad weak-kneed? Be warned--it is, it is indeed The cursed cult of trousers...

Author: By The Dartmouth, | Title: "SHORTS" CAMPAIGN, NOW DORMANT, WILL AGAIN BE PURSUED NEXT SPRING | 10/25/1930 | See Source »

...Year's Day for show business is Aug. 1. Looking over the 1930-31 prospects last week as the new year was catching its stride, show folk detected a bullish note. Some 250 productions were scheduled to open on Broadway, some 70 productions were routed to play the provinces -an increase of 30 over last year. The Theatre Guild announced that it would present its repertory in ten cities* -three more than the 1929 tour. And although Walter Hampden made known that he would not go on the road as in previous years because of poor business conditions, Funnyman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: 87% Failure | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

...higher than the start. Official objection might be simply that such a track is not absolutely standard, but students of physics found fine food for debate in this proposition: the gravity factor being negligible, it may be that one can run faster up a slight incline since, at each stride, one's feet would strike upsloping ground more quickly than level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Uphill Hundred | 7/14/1930 | See Source »

...before him he thinks more of its influence on the future of the breed. This, because the seiger (winner) is in great demand for breeding purposes. He is held responsible for the fact that the German Shepherd has been bred longer in proportion to height, has a longer stride, is sturdier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Drawing Room Dogs | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

With warm weather now almost a certainty for all the remaining games Coach Mitchell's charges will be expected to reach their stride and' prove their worth as a ball club. Outside of the Southern trip the Crimson has not met any team of real caliber but with the Syracuse game Saturday the parade of high class baseball outfits to Soldiers Field will commence. With continued good pitching and a consistency of the batting form shown against the sailors the Crimson should take the majority of the important games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLBY FURNISHES OPPOSITION FOR BALL TEAM TODAY | 4/29/1930 | See Source »

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