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Robert F. Herrick '90, considered by Crimson rowing enthusiasts the patron saint of our crews, got his first glimpse of the place in June, 1887, when the steamer brought him and his Freshman crewmates up the Thames to the landing. Herrick puts into words a feeling which still pervades the locale...
...Boston last night Phillips Ketchum '06, partner in the law firm of Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley, and Ketchum, made one early declaration that under the broadly-defined provisions of the bill, which would render criminal the employment of subversives in educational institutions, "those supporting the United Nations, labor unions, and efforts to curtail racial discrimination" would all be suspect...
...Harvard team Seaman's playing was splendid; Blanchard was rugged, and always on hand; Cushing '79, was omnipresent, turning up at every instant; Holmes worked well; Herrick made some pretty, though not very effective, runs; and Winsor several good dashes. Mr. Wetherbee was much missed; and, in fact, the want of strong rushers, like Messrs. Leeds and Rollins, was much felt...
...Forward team consisted of--Rushers, Messrs. Cushing '79 (captain), Keys, Blanchard, Perry, Holmes, Houston, Cushing '77. Half-tends, Messrs. Herrick, Austin, Curtis, Winsor, Seamans. Tends, Messrs. Sheldon, Thomas, Fancen...
Thus spake the 17th Century's Isobel Gowdie, a Scots peasant who confessed her practices as a witch in language as fanciful as one of her great contemporaries, Poet Robert Herrick. Isobel (whom the authorities first hanged, then burned for safe measure) is one of the highlights of Christina Hole's scholarly, sober history of English witchcraft.* Her familiarity with it began when her old nurse destroyed her milk teeth as fast as they fell out, to keep them from evil hands...