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German G. Glidden '36 because the National Squash Champion at Hartford yesterday by defeating Andrew C. Ingraham '31, of Cleveland in three out of four games...
...philosophy, wrote comforting letters to her much-troubled daughter, Anne Urquhart Potter ("Fifi") Stillman McCormick. Died. David Sheldon Barry, 76, long-time newspaper correspondent, onetime (1919-33) Sergeant-at-Arms of the U. S. Senate; of heart disease; in Washington D. C. Died. William Hope ("Coin") Harvey, 84, oldtime champion of bimetallism on whose coattails William Jennings Bryan rose to fame; of peritonitis; in Monte Ne, Ark. In 1900, when the Democrats abandoned their advocacy of free coinage of silver, Harvey moved to the Ozarks, began work on his proposed 130-ft. "Pyramid of America," in the vaults of which...
Intelligent spectators have long stigmatized the benevolent protection of the red-white-and-blue-bunting patriots for what it is: an attempt on the part of carefree demagogues to champion the people against imaginary dangers, merely because they want to be champions. The product of this pernicious alignment is an unnatural and unhealthy resentment among the masses against the intellectuals, who are supposed to be dabbling with explosive ideas. It is just such a situation that in ancient times gave the hemlock juice to Socrates, and, in our own day and state, blasted the senatorial hopes of Henry Cabot Lodge...
Playing sensational squash before a capacity audience, Germain G. Glidden '36 yesterday defeated Donald Strachan, the defending champion, to enter the finals in the National Championships this morning in Hartford. The Varsity team also entered the finals of their series by upsetting the New York team...
Using masterful strokes, Glidden carried the play throughout the match to win in straight games, 15-11, 15-11, 15-7. His opponent in the finals will be Andrew C. Ingraham '31, of Cleveland, who upset Neil Sullivan, seeded number two and former National Champion...