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MORCANTOWN, W.Va., Sept. 21. --Using only a straight running game and two passes, West Virginia University opened its football season with a 16-0 triumph over West Virginia Wesleyan today.
Screen-grid improves radio reception, says O E Dunlap Jr
THE theatre's glamour is, of course, still enduring, as it has always been, and astir with the lingering excitement of cen turies of first nights. Though it is an elusive charm, it has, however, generally come down in certain last analyses to the fragrant astringence of grease paint, the whispered tatters of dressing-room gossip and kindred minor but enticing subtleties.
Administration leaders plan for 1930 campaign
Plans permanent organization
1929Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (died 1986)[†]
Albert Antonio Serge Garant, was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siècle on Radio-Canada. In 1966, with Jean Papineau-Couture, Maryvonne Kendergi, Wilfrid Pelletier and Hugh Davidson, he co-founded the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Prix Serge-Garant award was created in his honor by the Fondation Émile Nelligan. Among his notable pupils were Walter Boudreau, Marcelle Deschênes, Denis Gougeon, Richard Grégoire, Anne Lauber, Michel Longtin, Nicole Rodrigue, and Myke Roy.
1929Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2020)[†]
Carlo Ubbiali was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1949 to 1960, most prominently as a member of the MV Agusta factory racing team. In the 1950s, he was a dominant force in the smaller classes of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, winning six 125cc and three 250cc world titles. In 2001, the F.I.M. inducted Ubbiali into the MotoGP Hall of Fame.