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...Lonely" is a pocket guide to where to stay, eat, buy flowers, and how to get around at such spots as Vassar, Smith, Connecticut, Wellesley, Pine Manor, Skidmore, Wheaten...
Alan P. Jones '49, who has headquarters in Leverett House, did most of the work on Wellesley, Pine Manor, Radcliffe, and Wheaton. The Dartmouth boys seemed to concentrate on Smith where "after four years of operating, we've never been bored. Maybe it's the girls," they add modestly...
Other dates are Jackson at Radcliffe, October 30; Pembroke at Radcliffe, November 3; and the Flickers-a Boston Hockey Club eleven-at Radcliffe, November 7. Pine Manor and an international students' team are other prospective opponents...
George Patton, able General and chronic martinet, stood on the steps of a medieval English manor and sounded off to his staff: "... I mean business when I fight. I don't fight for fun and I won't tolerate anyone on my Staff who does. . . . Ahead of you lies battle. ... It is inevitable for men to be killed and wounded in battle. But there is no reason why such losses should be increased because of the incompetence and carelessness of some stupid son-of-a-bitch. I don't tolerate such men on my Staff...
...Hinkley Manor, which "had never been restored or preserved or quainted up with spinning-wheels and wrought-iron lanterns," is a world of feminine ideals in which many readers will discover a Victorian heritage. Readers may have the feeling that they have read it all before, but they will enjoy the quiet patrimony of English charm which the author settles on her people. The Happy Prisoner often trembles on the verge of sentimentality; what saves it from toppling over is Miss Dickens' ability to create characters who are intimately, almost tediously, convincing...