The Feminine Touch (1941)

Grant Mitchell: Dean Hutchinson

Quotes 

• Rubber-legs Ryan : [referring to Hathaway]  Hey, who does he think he is?

  Dean Hutchinson : An honest man, you big-muscled pinhead!

• Dean Hutchinson : Hathaway, we must never subordinate our academic standard to our athletic prowess.

• 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.

• 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.