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...Hillyer '17, assistant professor of English, will entertain members of Adams House tonight when he speaks on "The Poetry of Robert Bridges" in the Common Room following a House dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HILLYER SPEAKS IN ADAMS HOUSE ON ROBERT BRIDGES | 1/21/1932 | See Source »

...absolute secrecy" (not even the police will be told); 2) "absolute non-interference with the final decision" (no prospective suicide will be nagged, browbeaten or cajoled into remaining alive). During the hearty banquet last week leading Viennese stage folk (not all of them comedians) did their best to entertain the 1,000 strange guests, some of whom actually laughed before they went away to brood. "We estimate that 70% of the people who consult us ultimately decide against suicide." said the Advisory Centre's quiet, kindly secretary. "It seems to be in mutual comparison of their troubles that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Suicide Clients | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

Players from all the houses, with the exception of Lowell and Dunster, pay for the use of the squash courts at the time when they are used. But in Lowell and Dunster House, payment is deferred to the term-bill. Thus when players from other houses entertain their competitors from these two houses they are compelled to pay immediately, while the reverse does not hold. It is the multiplication of details such as these that causes friction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRICE OF SQUASH | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

Combining a Christmas dinner and smoker Adams House will entertain its residents on Thursday, December 17. The informal dinner at 6.30 o'clock, exclusively for members of the house, will he followed by a play to be presented by the resident tutors of the House. The title of the play, which will probably be by one of the tutors, has not yet been announced. The acting will take place in the dining room in the space enclosed by the two U-shaped dinner tables...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 12/4/1931 | See Source »

Everything turned out even worse than his expectations. After a respectable performance at dinner his fatigue overcame him, drove him to bed much earlier than he had any right to go. Lady Aggie, whom he was supposed to entertain, yawned when he read her his new play, left the houseparty ostentatiously early. Philomena embarrassed him by promising to leave her husband for him. then made him feel a fool by telling her husband all about it and changing her mind. On the verge of a breakdown Hugo made an unforgivable scene, pulled gossipy Corny Cooke's nose. In despair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Saved from Success | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

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