The Feminine Touch (1941)
Grant Mitchell: Dean Hutchinson
Quotes
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Rubber-legs Ryan : [referring to Hathaway] Hey, who does he think he is?
Dean Hutchinson : An honest man, you big-muscled pinhead!
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Dean Hutchinson : Hathaway, we must never subordinate our academic standard to our athletic prowess.
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Dean Hutchinson : It's about Crazy-legs Ryan.
John Hathaway : Rubber-legs Ryan.
Dean Hutchinson : I was thinking of Crazy-legs Bilbo, uh, our great end. I was sorry to see him graduate.
John Hathaway : He didn't. He just played three years and moved on.
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Dean Hutchinson : Hathaway, the trustees of this college are, um, how shall I say, practical men. Their interest in Crazy-legs... uh, Rubber-legs, is not the pedagogical one that we have. Uh, eh, it seems that they are determined to beat Laurel College this Saturday and, uh, therefore...
John Hathaway : Shall I just change his mark to a passing grade or must we go through the formality of a reexamination?
Dean Hutchinson : Professor Hathaway! Changing his mark would be cheating. Uh, uh, just what type of examination were you planning to give him?
John Hathaway : Mmm, I imagine something in one syllable, no writing, and short.