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Continuing its string of what some observers have termed "phenomenal time trials," the first boat led the Freshmen by two and a half lengths over the Henley distance with the Jayvees trailing in third place by a half-length. The Jayvees in turn nosed out the Third Varsity by 10 feet...
...years later, shows how right she was. Kay, who wanted to be a novelist, is a journalist and hates it. Robin (Christopher Quest) is a no-account. Madge (Joan Henley), who dreamed of reforming the world, is an embittered schoolteacher. Hazel (Hazel Terry), who wanted a handsome husband with a yacht, has only a husband. Little Carol (Mary Jones), who loved life so passionately, is dead. Mrs. Conway (Dame Sybil Thorndike) is aging gracelessly. And so it goes. Only Alan (Godfrey Kenton) is contented as a shabby clerk because he has a new conception of time. Time, as he sermonizes...
...season's record for Harvard shows wins over Tech, Syracuse, Cornell, Rutgers, Princeton Penn, and a heart breaking loss to the champion Navy crew by a matter of inches. All these races, however, were over the short Henley distance, and Harvard has yet to see a four-mile crew coached by Tom Bolles...
...Schuylkill River has no straight- away more than a mile in length, and the Henley has a slight turn in it shortly after its beginning. Harvard, on the inside lane, started ahead, but they soon dropped back alongside the other two boats, so that when they straightened out for the finish line the Crimson shell was well behind...
Crew, Varsity 150 pound versus Yale at Derby, Conn.; Second Freshmen versus Dartmouth Freshmen at 3:30 o'clock over Charles River Henley course...