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England's great families furnish able politicians. Unlike great U. S. families, they also turn out great churchmen. Famed for political leaders is the house of Cecil, whose Lord Burghley served Queen Elizabeth and whose Marquess of Salisbury served Queen Victoria. Four of the great Salisbury's sons went into politics-the late Lord Edward (Egypt), the present Marquess (see p. 13), Lord Hugh (House of Commons), Lord Robert (League of Nations). A fifth son went into the church. Last September U. S. hostesses fluttered, U. S. churchmen threw open their pulpits, at the arrival...
...which were hardest on the first-year men. Among these traditions was one which forbid any Freshman to wear his hat in the college yard, unless it rained, snowed, hailed, or unless he had both hands full. Another hard rule on the freshmen was that they had to furnish bats, balls and footballs for the use of students, to be kept at the "buttery...
Seven Juniors enrolled in Harvard Naval Science R.O.T.C. courses participated in flights in Navy planes at the Squantum Naval Reserve Air Base yesterday, in accordance with the new plan of the department to furnish all Juniors in the course at least one opportunity a year to receive some practical instruction in naval aviation. Other groups of Juniors will go up at more or less irregular intervals, as the weather permits, for the remainder of the current year...
...Estes '34, a member of the Entertainment Committee. Members of the House, both students and tutors, will take part in the entertainment. A one-act play will be given by the tutors, and several monologues have been arranged. Efforts are being made to secure the Gold Coast Orchestra to furnish music at the dinner...
After having predicted that the Russian Five Year Plan would take fifty years to explain and that New York would have to be reforested seventeen times to furnish enough pulp to make straw ballots, this election dope is child's play. I'll go on record right now as prophesying a victory for the silver tongued bond salesman from Hyde Park by 430 electoral votes. Because the Great Engineer denied torturing Chinese coolies, he will lose California and South Boston...