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...Phillips Exeter Academy in 1914, he found the school deep in traditions and a $250,000 debt. It had been founded the year Cornwallis surrendered, by John Phillips, whose nephew, Samuel Phillips, started Andover. Daniel Webster went to Exeter; Presidents Lincoln, Grant and Cleveland sent their sons. Other Exonian notables: Booth Tarkington, Robert Benchley, Banker Thomas W. Lament (now president of the trustees...
...fourth Crimson goal came in the final period, when Bill Hamlen beat the Exonian goalie after receiving a pass from Mechem, who has accounted for three goals and two assists in the last two Yardling triumphs...
...Exeter his extensive extra-curricular activities include the presidency of The Lantern Club, a literary group, membership on the staff of the Exonian, school newspaper, and participation in the debates of the Golden Branch debating society. President Conant's 17-year old son is also on the staff of the Review, a literary magazine, and is a member of the Cum Laude Society...
Dick Dorson's powerful Freshman squad, defeated only by Dartmouth, handed Exeter an 8-1 pasting on the Jarvis courts. Jim Jenkins lost a close match in the number one singles to Exonian Blair Hawley, but Aubrey Gould, Will Nicholl, Don Daniels, Tom Baker, and Tom Sears won their matches with comparative ease...
Exeter has one advantage in that it has already played one game, against Tilton, winning 6-0. The Yardlings, however, have the edge in weight and experience. Chief threat which they will have to face is sturdy Don Bowersox, Exonian center and captain...