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...probably bring back goodly portions of the laurels with them. America has such insuperable advantages of size and abundance of material to draw from that, much to the regret of many who would see a more equal division of the spoils, it is more than likely that her unbroken string of victories will be continued. But the thrills of the contest will be as strong as ever, the tourist army will have a new objective for its interest, and the defeated competitors can look forward to the joy that will be theirs when for the first time they compete chez...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS OF THE NATIONS | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...Field '26, who slammed out a homer in last year's contest, will again hold down the first sack for the alumni outfit. R. G. Puffer '26, first string hurler for the University team several years ago, is scheduled to be one of the hurters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD ALL-STARS MEET BOSTON TIGERS TODAY | 6/8/1928 | See Source »

...following program will be given at the Pops concert this evening at 8.15 o'clock in Symphony Hall: Ballet Suite Gluck-Gevaert Air for G String Bach Overture to "Leonore" No. 3 Beethoven Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn "Scarlattiana," Suite (Piano Solo: Ruth Webb) Casella Ballet from "Othello" Verdi Prelude to Act III, "Traviata" Verdi Overture to "Sicillan Vespers" Verdi

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At the Pops Tonight | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

Scatterbrained John Thoening, a youth, wished to come to the U. S. He secured a visaed passport, but when he set out to buy a boat ticket John Thoening found that he had too little money. So he took a jug of water, a string of sausages, some pumpernickel, a hammock and crawled into a big wooden box. A friend nailed up the box and wrote on the top of it an address in West 84th Street, Manhattan. The box was put aboard the Hamburg American liner, Cleveland; by the time that the Cleveland reached the high seas, the inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMMIGRATION: Despatched | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

This afternoon on the Schuylkill River, the undefeated first-string Crimson oarsmen stroked by Captain John Watts '28, will face the Navy and Pennsylvania eight in a race, the results of which will have an important bearing on the Olympic status of all Eastern college crews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania Is Host to University Baseball and Crew Contingents in Contests Before Many Graduates Today | 5/19/1928 | See Source »

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