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...Athletic committee decided further to award the "PHT" insignia to last spring's polo team. Five men will receive the polo insigna; R. B. Burnett '28, Alexander Shaw '28, R. A. Pinkerton '27, J. D. Stranahan, Jr. '26, and E. W. Mudge '27, manager...
Alexander Shaw '28, K. J. White '27, and R. B. Burnett '28 are the other veterans who are counted upon to ride for the first team next spring. In the last contest with Yale, the University was handicapped by the loss of White, who was ineligible to play because of scholastic difficulties...
...Pinkerton '27, H. A. White '28, Alexander Shaw '28, R. B. Burnett '28, T. B. Glynn '28, James Simpson Jr. '29, R. P. Gibb '29, and J. P. Cotter '29 are the members of the squad that has been conditioning the ponies and practising stick work at Shaw's field in Newton since the start of the college year. The first scrimmage was held yesterday, and hereafter there will be one each week...
Newsgatherers last week discovered that a recent U. S. arrival, one Vivian Burnett, son of Authoress Frances Hodgson Burnett, who with fond motherliness had idealized him in her novel, was the original model for the lacy-collared, golden-curled Lord Fauntleroy, who rankled little boys of another generation. His metamorphosis gave the reporters opportunity to contrast his bald pate to the departed curls; his tall height to the coquettish figure of the book. Vivian himself whimpered, "No matter where I go or what I do, there is always the reference to the fact that I was the germ...
...line-up of the title-holders will be the same as that which defeated Dedham and dropped two close decisions to the Myopia four last week. The only change in last year's personnel will be the inclusion of R. B. Burnett '28 at number one, in place of Holden White '28, who will be unable to compete in the first game, although if the team wins through to later encounters he will doubtless resume his old position...