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Three former University tennis players have been placed among the first ten according to the official ranking of the National Lawn Tennis Association. The honor of first place is given to R. N. Williams, 2d, '16, national champion, who won the Acheles Cup at Seabright and defeated Johnston, Church and Griffin during the season. W.M. Washburn '15 is placed seventh in the list with the record of the Southampton, Westchester, and Point Judith tournaments to his credit. Ninth place is awarded to J. J. Armstrong '14, finalist at Longwood and Delaware state champion, who defeated both Kumagae, the Japanese star...
...Among the next ten, three alumni received places: H. C. Johnson '04, N. W. Niles '09, and E. H. Whitney '14, former captain of the University team. In class two, positions are given to G. C. Caner '17, captain of this year's tennis team and intercollegiate champion, and to W. J. Clothier '04. Former University players in class three are W. M. Hall '04, R. Harte '17, twice intercollegiate doubles champion, and J. S. Pfaffman '17, number four on last year's team. In class four, H. S. Parker '04, is given a place; in class five...
Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, Colonel T. L. Livermore, Colonel Logan, commanding officer of the Ninth Regiment, N. G. M., senior ranking officer among the guests of the evening, and Odin Roberts '86, president of the Harvard Club, will speak at the reception to be given to the members of the University who served on the border last summer in Massachusetts volunteer organizations by the Harvard Club of Boston this evening at 8 o'clock...
...Ernest Henry Schelling will be the soloist at the third concert of the season by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Sanders Theatre tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Schelling, who is a pianist and composer, has studied under many famous artists, among them Mathias, in Paris; Moszkowski, in Berlin; Hans Huber, in Basel, and Paderewski, in Switzerland. He has appeared in concerts in America since 1905. His best known compositions are "Legende Symphonique," for orchestra; "Fantastic Suite," for piano and orchestra; and many others including series of piano pieces and songs...
...bringing the nations together was embodied in the establishment of the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford. A large sum of money was set aside to pay for the education of non-British students at the favored university of the testator. The students were to be chosen with care from among the most promising youth of foreign countries. Americans, Germans and many others took advantage of the opportunities thus offered and the Rhodes scholars became an interesting feature of Oxford life...