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Not for twelve years had there been a new edition of Burke's six-inch-thick Landed Gentry. Last week, in a rickety office in Fleet Street, Burke's genealogists put the finishing touches to the first postwar edition, in a melancholy atmosphere of impoverished squires and mortgaged...
Many of the old estates had been taken over by 20th Century squires whose bank balances outran their pedigrees. Alongside such ancient names as Wolley-Dod of Edge, Willock-Pollen of Little Bookham, Polwhele of Polwhele and MacLachlan of MacLachlan, Landed Gentry now lists Martins, Bartons and Fishers. It even...
The varsity match with the Ephmen was also rained out, with the teams tied, 1-1. Former national scholastic champion Dick Squires defeated Charlie Ufford at first singles. Five matches are necessary for a match to become official. Both will be replayed.
The varsity summary: Foster (H) defeated Squires, 3-1; Clark (H) defeated Allen, 3-1; Nawn (H) defeated Treman, 3-0; Ufford (H) defeated Dickinson, 3-1; Watts (H) defeated Muller, 3-0; Bacon (H) defeated Symington, 3-0; Kont (W) defeated Hear, 3-2; Mugaseth (H) defeated Thoron, 3...
Too light for football, Sherman made the fencing team, was pronounced by the Lucky Bag "supreme as a fusser [a genteel wolf] and yard reptile [a midshipman who squires the daughters of Annapolis captains and admirals]." He was also something of a teacher's pet. When a classmate asked...