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DELVING down into a close printed jumble of old inaccessible almanacs, Richard M. Dorson '37 has selected and edited in an extremely readable way the best of the Davy Crockett stories. That fantastic legendary figure, a combination of an epic hero and a coarse, earthy frontier representation of Baron Munchausen, is more than just an early example of American humor at its broadest and most extravagant. The Crockett Almanacs, with their crazy exaggerations and crudities and all their local color, have real literary value and show the frontier spirit at its best and worst...
With the 1938-39 season drawing near, the Varsity squash team is taking form as squash Coach Barnaby and Assistant-Coach Dorson chose their men from the results of the tournament now being held...
...addition to Captain George Blake '39, other standouts are Frank Appleton, '39, Kim Canavarro '40, Dan Ladd '41, Jim Rousmaniere '40, and Warren Williams '39. In the opinion of Dorson, Canavarro has the greatest possibilities among these...
Concerning the one ray of light, Baker, Dorson quipped, "He is head and shoulders above the rest." Baker is 6 feet 7 inches in height...
...Dorson admitted that prospects have been better in former years, but explains this fact by the rise in popularity of squash in other colleges. In past years it was easy for Harvard, the main exponent of squash, to dominate the scene, but now because of squash's greater popularity the good players are being more evenly distributed among the colleges...