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Connected with the award of President Jackson's honorary degree, an amusing story persisted at Harvard for almost 100 years, to the effect that "Old Hickory" listened in evident dismay as the degree was conferred in Latin and then accepted the honor with a string of Latin phrases beginning with e pluribus unum and ending with hic jacel. The legend was doubtless due in part to the fact that Jackson was thoroughly hated in New England...
...letter writer urges better attention to the outdoor rinks on Soldiers Field in order that hockey which is publicized as the leading winter sport may become truly intramural. This recommendation is entirely sound in view of the greater emphasis which will be placed upon other than first-string teams with the development of inter-House athletics. If at present there is a lethargic, attitude among hockey players in undergraduate ranks, nevertheless the improvement of outdoor facilities will not only encourage the sport, but will enable those to play, who now lack facilities...
...last few summers Pianist Pattison has spent in composition at Warm Springs, Ga., with his English wife and their two little girls. Composition and chamber music with the Gordon String Quartet figure in his plans for the future. Pianist Maier has for several years been head of the piano department at the University of Michigan in which his wife has also taught. Much of Pianist Maier's time hereafter will be taken by Concerts for Young People, partially inspired by his young sons Ted and Bob with whom he has written a songbook soon to be published. Pianist Maier thinks...
...Crimson representatives supported the negative side of the statement: Resolved, That this house condemns the growing influence of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. The Porto Ricaus, by defeating the Harvard debaters, added another victory to their string, having previously downed Yale the night before...
...record of the New Hampshire quintet is practically on a par with that of Harvard. While both have dropped four contests, the Crimson has one more victory to its credit. Four of the five New Hampshire first-string men played together last year. With these men back the team will doubtlessly give the University men a close contest...