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Last week, when the U. S. Polo Association announced 284 changes in its 1938 handicap list, most noteworthy news was the upping of 27-year-old Michael Phipps of Old Westbury, Long Island, from nine goals to ten (top notch). With Tommy Hitchcock, Stewart Iglehart and Cecil Smith already ranked at ten goals, the U. S. can (and probably will-barring accidents) name a 40-goal team, theoretically the best in the world, to defend the Westchester Cup in the international matches with England next summer. Not since 1925 has the U. S. had such a top-notch four...
There is no doubt that the squash team has been playing under a considerable handicap with all their peregrinations from one size court to another, first in practice, then in team matches; regulation size courts are needed to solve their problems. The difficulties of the law students and their exercise will likewise disappear if the authorities are willing to set aside a definite number of courts for them each afternoon, either a few yards or a few hundred yards away...
Intramural track meets are slated for this week, when Yardlings will compete on Wednesday and House trackmen on Thursday. Forty four men ran in the University handicap cross country meet, and there will be an inter-House meet on Wednesday, November...
According to Frederick C. Packard '20, assistant professor of English and director of the Speech Clinic, stutterers often hinder their improvement in speech by an unconscious desire to continue the handicap as an excuse for not being more successful in their social and academic activities...
...This frequently infers," said Packard, "a subconscious desire to continue the handicap as a sort of insulation against the rigors of competitive college existence. In this regard a stutterer may become his own worst enemy...