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...spite of objections on aesthetic grounds--that John Harvard is a bit too high or a little too low or what not--his new position in front of University Hall creates an unusually pleasing and dignified effect Those skeptics who seek for some dark design on the part of the authorities in ending the Founder's "splendid isolation" in the Delta ought to find in the artistic success of the adventure a satisfactory answer. Although it must be apparent that while in the old, ruthless days, the contiguity of the statue to Memorial inspired coats of red paint...
Captain Pfaffmann, Alden Briggs, and W. W. Ingraham alternated in each match at the first three singles positions, in an effort to discover the most effective combination. Each of these three men displayed an excellent brand of tennis. While it is a bit early to make predictions, there is an unmistakable attitude of optimism among the players that success will reward their efforts in their objective contests this year with Yale and Princeton. The line-up of the lower three players is strictly tentative, and strenuous practice this week will be in the nature of a test to locate...
...time and takes pleasure in the company of young English versifiers. How will he find the atmosphere at the University of Michigan? It is more than probable that we shall never know; for Robert Bridges of England is a man of great erudition and reticence. He will seem a bit odd, I fancy, in his lion's cage in midwest America...
...resignation is also most untimely." Without further ado, Mr. Daugherty boarded a train and went to Atlantic City. There he was awaited by a bevy of reporters with open notebooks. He went to the Hotel Traymore and was besieged by the press. He smiled gayly if a bit ruefully. "Don't come too close, boys. . . You'll be contaminated. "Don't call me 'Dockerty.' Call me 'Daugherty,' pronouncing it Doherty... "I will let you look at me walking on the boardwalk, but I don't expect I will have anything...
...fifth hole, Glenna Collett, of Providence, R. I., made the first nine holes of the Pinehurst course in 36-one stroke over the men's par. That made her 6 up on her opponent for the North and South title, Louise Fordyce, of Youngstown. She slacked a bit after the turn, but pocketed the championship on the 15th hole...