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...small but sternly independent preparatory school is Gunnery, which has perched in the Berkshires near Washington, Conn. since 1850. Founded by an abolitionist named Frederick William Gunn, Gunnery still warns parents that "luxury, waste, and soft living are contrary to the spirit of the school," although such rich boys as Robert Lessing Rosenwald of Abingdon, Pa. now go there. In its long career Gunnery has had only three headmasters. Last week it was handed over by retiring William Hamilton Gibson to a fourth educator who can well preserve its austere tradition: Rev. Tertius van Dyke, Headmaster Gibson's brother...
Dick Dorson, not up to par, lost to the University Clubman Hoehn, 3-0. Alvah Sulloway dipped his flag to Withington, 3-1. Johnny Develin, winning again with his powerful drives, overcame Gunn, 3-1. Dan Burbank, playing well, edged Sullivan 3-2. George B. Blake lost to Monier in another close fought match...
...adrift in small boats or maroon them on desert islands. Caja de Muertos (Coffin) Island, a few miles off the southern shore of Puerto Rico, is supposed to be the original of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, on which, as every schoolboy knows, pirates marooned Ben Gunn. Last week, out of the ocean near Coffin Island came reports of an amazing revival of such piratical practice...
Many a parlor entertainer has a stock of well-rehearsed piano tricks. Many a vaudeville performer can play Yankee Doodle and Old Black Joe simultaneously when his stooges in the audience suggest the titles. Alec Templeton impressed Chicago critics with more remarkable feats. When Glenn Dillard Gunn gave him a theme, he quickly responded with a choral prelude which the Herald & Examiner critic almost took for a Bach-Busoni transcription. Pianist Templeton also showed Mr. Gunn he had not only learned Rachmaninoff's new Paganini Rhapsody from records but also could rattle off his own piano transcription...
...summary of yesterday's matches: Germain G. Glidden '36 defeated E. G. Hoelin (U.C.) 15-4, 15-3, 15-8; Richard W. Gilder '36 defeated W. Holden (U.C.) 9-15, 16-14, 15-12, 15-12; Captain E. Rotan Sargent '36 defeated E. P. Gunn (U.C.) 15-11, 15-12, 15-11; H. Kaese (U.C.) defeated Donald E. Jackson '37, 15-11, 15-10, 15-5; Alvah W. Sulloway '38 defeated H. Marshall (U.C.) 15-17, 15-6, 15-12, 15-12; Richard M. Dorson '37 defeated N. Withington...