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...converse with shoppers.Solano said that under her ownership, the shop had Saturday afternoon coffee hours when customers were encouraged “to stay around and talk.”LOUISA’S POETIC LICENSEThe Grolier Poetry Shop was founded in 1927 by Gordon Cairnie and Adrian Gambet, but Solano took the helm in 1974, when Cairnie died.Solano was asked to submit several poems for consideration for a memorial book that was made in the late owner’s memory, but she was intimidated by the notion at the time that women could not write poetry...
...Grolier Poetry Shop was founded in 1927 by Gordon Cairnie and Adrian Gambet, but Solano took the helm in 1974, when Cairnie died...
...does now. Perhaps Adrian Gambet and Gordon Cairnie, who founded the Grolier in 1927, would scarcely recognize it today. The original shop was not a poetry shop, but rather a place for overseas books, fine printing and contemporary limited editions. By the 1950s, it had become an established gathering place for writers, poets and students. Members of the Harvard Advocate were especially frequent visitors. The Grolier wasn’t really a place to purchase books, for sales were almost nonexistent and Cairnie often failed to collect payments on the sales he made. Instead, it was a place...
...meeting an exhibition of simultaneous play was staged by F. R. Chevalier '29, who scored 13 wins and one loss, and a short talk was given by Adrien Gambet '25, former president of the organization...
...chances of the University Club were materially hurt, due to the fact that the courrey is open only to undergraduates, which will eliminate several of the strongest players including Smith and Adrian Gambet I.T.S. Three undergraduates have been chosen to represent the club, and the fourth member of the team will be named before the Christmas recess, F. G. Chevalier '29, Joseph Skinner '26 and R. O. Strook '26 will be certain to face the Yale, Princeton and Army teams across the calcas board...