Word: swiftly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giving the Yale varsity practice against Army formations, the Yale scrub squad assumed the names of Army players. But no scrub could have impersonated Halfback Jack Buckler vividly enough to prepare Yale for what the real Buckler did last week. Repeatedly swift-footed Buckler took the ball on the run, drew back his arm as if to pass. While the Yale defense scattered. Buckler might streak around end. Or he might pass, while sprinting like a jackrabbit. Seven times his passes plumped into Army hands for total gains of 148 yd. Twice they made touchdowns and once they carried...
Divine Drudge (by Vicki Baum & John Golden; John Golden, producer). Based on a Baum novel (And Life Goes On) serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine this play has none of the swift movement, the arresting reality which made Grand Hotel a smash hit and a pattern for imitators. It unfolds a devious tale about a smalltown German doctor (Walter Abel) and his wife (Mady Christians). For seven years she has assisted him in perfecting what he believes to be a momentous medical discovery. Suddenly she runs away from her drudgery with a banker who has had a motor wreck outside their home...
...plan of organization drawn up by Elijah Swift, Jr. 2G. was tentatively accepted by the newly formed club and will go into effect immediately. Under this plan a general meeting will be held once a month and at least two speakers will be signed up, but in addition special informal groups for elementary, pictorial, and technical work will meet separately between formal meetings...
...officers have as yet been elected for the club, but Elijah Swift, Jr. 2G., Daniel S. Eppelsheimer, gr. E.S., and Elbert P. Little '34, the organizers of the club will act as an executive committee...
Princeton looked like a squadron of swift whippet-tanks as it rolled through Amherst for six touchdowns...