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...second-string line which is destined to see plenty of action tonight. Dick Scott holds down the center ice position. Scott is a fast, experienced player, and probably the best man on the squad with a poke check. Henry Crosby, one of the regulars on the freshman team last year, plays at right wing on this combination, with Henry Tudor, captain of the yearling outfit of a year ago holding down the other extremity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SKATERS OPEN ICE SEASON | 12/10/1926 | See Source »

Professor Saunders exhibited a "violin, consisting simply of a string undertension, which gave out so little tone that he observed that its place was in an apartment house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO MEMBERS OF SYMPHONY AID SAUNDERS IN LECTURE | 12/10/1926 | See Source »

Miss Leginska then commenting on a certain peculiarity which was noticeable at the last Pierian rehearsal said, "Everyonce in a while during the rehearsal. I heard the cutest little grunt from one of the string sections. I am going to try to compose a piece which will give them a chance to display their pretty little grunt. I think that by the end of the next practice, the orchestra will be in a fair way to give a truly successful concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINDS COMPETENCE IN PIERIAN PRODUCTIONS | 12/9/1926 | See Source »

...tilt of the season tomorrow night with five veterans on the ice. Willard Howard '27 is the only member of the starting sextet who did not win his letter last year, and he played as a regular two years ago. At the same time that he announced the first string Crimson line-up Coach Bigelow also gave out a second combination, which according to the practice of Harvard in recent years will probably relieve the regulars at frequent intervals during the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEAM OF VETERANS WILL FACE M. I. T. IN OPENING ICE TILT | 12/9/1926 | See Source »

Nineteen banks closed in Palo Alto and Kossuth counties, Iowa; another string closed in Clay county, Iowa; there followed the suspension of the Clarinda (Iowa) National Bank. Tellers, bookkeepers and businessmen canvassed the countryside to persuade depositors to leave their money in the embarrassed banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Symptomatic? | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

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