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Schaaf prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy, and has been a group 1 scholar so far this year. He is a member of the Band and interested in history, having been a member of the History Club at Exeter and winning a Prize History Essay Contest. He had a very high scholastic record at Exeter...
First Presidential primary of 1936 was held last week in New Hampshire. No bitter battle, it was a 2-in-1 contest to settle the relative popularity of 1) the gentlemen who wanted to represent their State at the national political conventions next June; 2) the gentlemen's gentlemen - i.e., the Presidential aspirants, whom the would-be delegates had informally expressed their intention to support...
Winner of the delegates' popularity contest among Republicans, with some 33,000 votes, was Governor H. Styles Bridges. Close second, with some 30,000 votes, was acidulous George Higgins Moses, who lost his Senate seat to a Democrat in 1932. So high a vote left Old Guardsman Moses beaming with pride, for dearly would he like to make a political comeback. Asked after the primary whether he would run for the Senate this year, he cautiously said, "One fight at a time...
Most advance reports were inclined to agree with Coach Ulen's prediction, although a very close contest with Bob Kiphuth's mermen in the Payne Whitney Pool tonight is universally expected...
...first Prize Novel contest was held in 1922-23, when "The Able McLaughlins" by Margaret Wilson was adjudged the winner. This novel was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Last years' winner was "Honey in the Horn" by H. L. Davis...