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Coach Joseph Stubbs '20 will probably try out three forward lines in this first test of his new material which has only had a few days' practice, against an aggregation which the Crimson sextet overwhelmed by a 7 to 2 score last year. Technology, although possessing a veteran trio of forwards, is not expected to push the Harvard team very hard...
...Lenz-Culbertson test match was finally fixed at 150 rubbers. Mr. Culbertson will play a portion of the match with chic Mrs. Culbertson as his partner. His alternate partners will be Baron Waldemar von Zedtwitz and Theodore A. Lightner. Mr. Lenz will play the entire match paired with Oswald Jacoby, member of the team which recently won the Vanderbilt Cup. Cocky Mr. Culbertson has backed himself with a $5,000 wager against $1,000 on the Lenz side. Culbertson winnings are promised to the New York Infirmary for Women and Children; Lenz winnings to the Unemployed...
...printing and binding shops Roycrofters are not so multitalented as they once were. The Turkish Corner passed on with Queen Victoria; modern decorations do not include many brass or bronze ornaments. But the presses, turning out mostly reprints of the Founder's works, have withstood a fair test of time. Best seller: A Message to Garcia. This "literary trifle," as he called it, Hubbard wrote one night after dinner when Bert II had remarked that Rowan was the real hero of the Spanish-American war.† The Sage of East Aurora made this incident the peg for a passionate...
...commission, which Professor Thomas formerly headed, recommended the retention of a comprehensive examination for college entrance, which it considered far preferable to the restricted type of test, but suggested a candidate's Scholastic Aptitude Test score, his school English record, and his English Examination grades be all taken into account in deciding upon his qualifications in English. In regard to the comprehensive examination, the commission recommended a greater variety in both the form and the content of the examination from year to year, but was strongly opposed to adding any objective tests, except with extreme caution...
...classical scholarship is not given merely for mastery of Greek and Latin. The examination will demand an essay, calculated to test his powers of original thought and expression, and a general paper which demands a fairly thorough saturation in English history and literature. Here again the school has gone out of its way to "polish him up" and the result is that he has had plenty of experience in concentrated reading in fields other than the classics. These fields also have a peculiar suitability for provoking thought about himself...