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...James Chace contributes the most polished work--another excerpt from his novel, "The Age of Michael." He spreads before the reader the thoughts of a perceptive, sensitive young boy, contrasting his shock and loneliness at the death of a beloved aunt with his uneasiness during the empty social proprieties of her funeral and his sense of disgust at the bickering over her will. Chace's beautifully proportioned prose flows smoothly, at times almost rhythmically. He seems most at home describing nature. In the scene where young Michael sneaks out the door of the cemetery chapel, the lingering description...
...first, quite naturally, was his varsity debut in the spring of 1937. "This was one of my most crucial races," he said, "because I had a selling job to do. I took over when there were five returning seniors on the crew, plus Spike Chace, a junior, who had stroked the previous year. Chace had terrific power, but had lost every race but the Yale race the year before. And the reason was that the crew rowed the traditional high stroke. My job was to convince Chace and the seniors that a low stroke was the best. As a green...
That same year against Navy in Philadelphia Bolles made a compromise. Over a short course he planned on dropping to a 34 for the middle of the race, but Chace could never get the stroke below 36, and the Crimson lost. "That race cured me of the high stroke completely," Bolles said. "Never again...
...next year Chace captained the '38 crew to an undefeated season, and led the Crimson to a clean sweep of the freshman, combination, J.V., and varsity races at New London--another big day for Bolles. It was his first sweep and first undefeated season...
...Harvard Advocate announced its new slate of officers last night. The new president is George A. Kelly '53. The other officers are: Pegasus, James C. Chace '53; secretary, Louis Begley '54; treasurer, Charles E. G. Neuhauser '53; Bacchus, George S. Andrews '52; business manager, Peter G. Colias '53; and circulation manager, Arthur R. Tower...