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...hundred and ten years old, by her own well-authenticated account, is Dr-Marie Charlotte deGolier Davenport, perennial lecturer on How to Keep Happy, who boarded a train in Philadelphia, stepped spryly off in Manhattan. Unperturbed by the fact that she had no money, Dr. Davenport made herself at home on a piano stool in the sitting room of the Travelers Aid Society. When newshawks arrived, she spun around on the stool to play a tune called "Dance of London" which she had composed that morning. Then up she jumped, threw a kiss toward the ceiling, cried...
...Davenport...
Iowa is a pleasant city of 61,000 souls. Last week when suicide figures for 1933 had been tabulated it was found that Davenport, as it had in 1932, led all U. S. cities with a rate of 40.3 suicides per 100,000 population, almost double the average of the nation...
Coach Joe Stubbs is taking 14 players, and managers Davenport Scott '35, and Henry B. Robbins '36. The puckchasers selected to make the trip are Samuel R. Callaway '36, Alfred S. Dewey '36, Richard A. Dow '35, Arthur F. Duffey, Jr. '36, Ashton Emerson '36, Leo A. Ecker '37, George S. Ford '37, Benjamin H. Hallowell '36, Michael Hovenanian '36, Dunbar Holmes '35, Frederick R. Moseley, Jr. '36, James A. Roberts '36, Robert A. Waldinger '36, and William P. Watts...
Germain G. Glidden '36 (H) defeated Sebert E. Davenport, III '34 (HG), 6-15, 15-13, 15-11, 16-18, 17-15; E. Rotan Sargent '36 (H) defeated Louis C. Olmstead '33 (HG), 18-15, 15-12, 18-17; Richard W. Gilder '36 (H) defeated John R. Fetcher '34 (HG), 15-10, 15-11, 10-15, 18-16; Stanley G. Haskins '35 (Capt.) (H) defeated Donald W. Meiklejohn '33 (HG), 18-14, 15-10, 13-15, 15-10; Frank M. Carpenter '26 (HG) defeated Huntington Thom...