Comparing wages, then vs now: Back a couple years ago, a writer for the Ames (IA) Tribune--home of Iowa State University--suggested that the college president and the head football coach ought to be worth no more than two English professors each. He went back to the 50's, compared salaries: college president was making almost exactly the salaries of 2 English profs; the football coach was making less than that. Times have changed.

By 1936, the Ithaca Field Grade was no longer cheaper than its competitors. Ithaca and Smith Field, Fox SW--all within a few cents of $43.