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...Robert O. Miller 40, brother of the Varsity captain, and Joseph W. Goldzicher '40. Miller was formerly three weapon champion of St. Louis and Jones was captain of the Andover fencing team. On the Varsity, the important cogs are Captain Miller, New England epee team champion, William F. Gerber '38, who was runner-up in the New England foil championship, Nathaniel B. Batchelder, Jr. '39, holder of the New England sabre team championship, and Edwin S. Skinner...
...fencing, Coach Reno Peroy was pleased by a large initial turnout of over 25. Three lettermen reported to take up the epee, Captain Edward O. Miller '37, William F. Hayden '37, and Albert E. Wemer '38. William F. Gerber '37, returns with his foil and Elmer Harp, Jr. ocC., with the sabre...
...refuse to ship their prizes anywhere at all, demand that the cows be brought to them. Nevertheless for many months Argentine cattlemen have had their eyes on two fine Holstein-Friesian bulls at the U. S. Department of Agriculture station in Beltsville, Md.: Chief Piebe Ormsby Burke and Double Gerber Colantha Hero, both renowned for transmitting high milk and butterfat productivity to their female offspring. Last July an attache of the Argentine Embassy in Washington approached Roy Ralph Graves of the Beltsville station, proposed that sperm from the two bulls be bottled and shipped to Argentina...
...Technically, the distinction of being the first man to earn the nation's highest award for valor goes to Frederick W. Gerber, Sergeant Major of Engineers from 1839 to 1871, who was cited "for distinguished gallantry in many actions . . . covering a period of 32 years." However, the decoration did not exist before 1862. -ED.] These awards were to be issued for acts, "above and beyond duty," and I have no doubt that many were well-merited. However it must have been quite a shock to the 30 who escorted President Lincoln's remains to have been decorated...
Winning the foils competition 7-2 and the sabre 8-1, the Varsity ran into difficulty before downing the Bear epee men 6-3. Captain Philip E. Lilienthal '36, Richard Morgan, 4th '36, and William F. Gerber '37 were outstanding for the Crimson, while Bojar and Stevens gave good performances for the losers...