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...Freshman have been rowing twice a day since Wednesday in preparation for a hard season. The three cornered race last Saturday was a walk away for the Red crew, stroked by A. H. Parker '32. The winners gave their two rivals a length's handicap, but ended a full three lengths ahead...
...game with the Optimists. Harvard was given a two goal handicap and when E. T. Gerry '31 allied twice in the opening minutes it looked us if the Crimson team would capture the game easily. But Winston Gust, international star, led and Optimist change which Harvard was held scoreless, practically clinched the game. Captain F. A. Clark '29 led a Harvard rally in the final period but the Optimist lead was too large to overcome...
Score-Optimists 12 12. Harvard 9. Goals-Harvard, handicap 2. Gerry 5. Clark, Glynn: Optimists, W. Guest 9, R. Guest 2. Iglehart, Pony. Foul-Inglehart. Referee-Major J. W. Rafferty. Time-7 1-2 minute chukkers...
...divided with Marshall Stearns '30 whose broad portrayal of the heroine's mother was an equally bright piece of work. W. W. Ryan '30 found that filling the shoes of the late lamented Messrs. Wilson and Melcher was no easy job. In the face of an insurmountable handicap he did a creditable...
...primary campaigns. He found no reason for his participation for "the party had plenty of [presidential] material . . . and the candidate should really be the choice of the people themselves." He admitted that a President could nominate his successor, but such a nomination, he felt, would often prove a handicap to the nominee...