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...going to the Rectory?" Tom asked Barker impatiently. But stubborn Barker "again mentioned the river." "No," said Tom firmly. "Anyhow, what would we do?" "Fish for stones," answered Barker. "Yes, you'd fish for them," Tom retorted, "and I'd sit on the bank and get splashed...
...Barker stopped arguing. He came of intelligent stock (Old English sheepdog) but had a one-track mind. He was not as sharp, for instance, as Squeaker, who could discuss philology and human nature. But Squeaker was a rat, which makes a big difference...
...animals in Forrest Reid's books talk like Barker and Squeaker. Unlike their counterparts in The Wind in the Willows, they must have a human being around to put words into their mouths. This human being must be young, honest and gifted with an extra sense, like little Tom Barber. He must see the world as Tom sees it-as a place where magic abounds...
...special grant for Economics study was an endowment for a new professorship in the field. The late Walter S. Barker, a Roxbury manufacturer, left provision in his estate for the establishment of a chair "chiefly for research in fundamentals, a work to which I have given much of my time...
...phrase "Sweet Briar College's package program" is inaccurate and misleading. The Sweet Briar Junior Year in Franco is an organization under the auspices of Sweet Briar College: however, it is directed by Dr. Joseph E. Barker independently of the college's academic program. Furthermore, the junior Year program is not packaged. Any student may be excused from the "hustling down to Tours" with authorization from the chairman of the French Department at the college or university. In other words, if Harvard's "well-prepared students" knew French well enough "in the first place" to forego this delightful period...