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Simpson prepared at Eton and entered the University in 1914. As soon as the war brooked out he went to England and entered the Sawdust Military College from which he was gazetted to the Sixth Dragoons. Soon afterwards he had himself transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, and after receiving his training at Uphaven in Welshire, he was sent to the front where he did brilliant work for ten months. He then returned to England on leave. While there he was severely injured in saving the life of a fellow-of-flyer in a runaway accident, and was laid...
...passed much time and read many books before coming to college. Among the volumes of this collection was an early edition of the Waverley novels. Sir Walter, said the speaker, is not to be judged by his heroes and heroines, who are for the most part filled with sawdust rather than blood. Nor are his large and moving pictures of history and famous personages of the past, picturesque and effective though they usually are, to be accounted his most important contribution to fiction. This is found in Edie Ochiltre, Meg Dods, Nantyswart, and the hundred and one characters...
...Sawdust" is a sketch of much power. In it Mr. Hapgood has delineated two characters, - a woman whose passion and love for a certain man are not returned, and the man. The scene which he portrays is incontestably vivid...
...candidates for the nine are practicing sliding into a pile of sawdust in the cage in the gymnasium...
...spite of the rain yesterday afternoon the Pennsylvania game was played as scheduled. For the first five inning it rained continuously and good playing was very difficult. The pitchers had to put sawdust on the ball before every delivery so the game dragged somewhat. About five o'clock the rain stopped and the rest of the game was quickly played. Harvard played a very good fielding game throughout, the only errors being two wild throws which were excusable because of the slippery condition of the ball. Pennsylvania fieded rather loosely at times but made many good plays. Harvard batted freely...