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...feeling seized him: pity for himself as a rejected husband, envy of the stranger's virile appearance, guilt that he had failed to step up and challenge the fellow. Bishop felt even more confused when the stranger bounced over to introduce himself as the new neighbor, Charles Diver. The man invited them to dinner, and Madge, who had come downstairs, cheerfully said...
This sad and ridiculous situation is the starting point of William Sansom's smoothly joined and brightly told study of middle-aged delusional jealousy. Henry Bishop yearned for the days when people gently chased butterflies with nets; by contrast, he found modern life crude and vulgar. Until Diver's appearance, his 20 years of marriage with Madge had been plain, placid and passionless. Diver was all energy and heartiness. To Madge's amusement, he thrust trick gadgets at Henry-a golden dog whose eyes lit up, a dinner plate that leaped up convulsively...
Rickenbecker (H) defeated Mauen (A), 5 and 4; Diver (A) defeated Matson (H), 4 and 3; Wyman (A) defeated Denton (H), 1 up; O'Keefe (H) defeated Bowman (A), 4 and 3; Gorman (H) defeated Boluch (A), 4 and 3; Russell (A) defeated Seager (H), 3 and 2; Daniels (A) defeated Lukins...
Russ Greenwood '39 returns today for the three-meter dive. Ulen calls him the Crimson's "best all-time diver," and three consecutive firsts in the Eastern Intercollegiates from 1937 to 1939 bear out this statement. George Dana '36 and Henry Fitts '35 will join him when Gordon Wier, Wayne Barnet, and possibly Tom Drohan challenge the alumni on the board...
...Drohan, ace diver, graduates this February before the Yale meet, and diving coach Bernie Kelly is working with Win Briggs. Briggs weighs about 35 pounds more than Drohan and showed excellent form as a sophomore before he was laid up with a touch of rheumatic fever. With his extra weight, Briggs may very adequately replace Drohan, and possibly surpass him some...