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At the same time, it was announced that James L. Galo '57 of Hollis Hall and Concord, Mass., will manage next year's team. Roger Langley '54 served as head manager this past season.
If the Harvard Corporation was ever wrong it was wrong about Hollis Hall. With the pious hope that it was adding to undergraduate sobriety by housing all the students within the College gates, the Corporation opened Hollis in 1763, thus making it the fourth oldest building in the Yard. Three...
If Hollis is a subversive influence in the Yard, it is apparently a lasting one, for its solid box-like architecture makes it almost indestructible. Together with Stoughton it was the last dormitory built with a "medieval type" chamber-and-study-room arrangement that made for large apartments.
During the War of 1812, some students got together to use Hollis' natural fortress for the base of the Washington Corps, a swagger company that paraded in blue coats, white vests, trousers and gaiters, and kept their arsenal in the attic. Town and gown relations were never good, though, and...
In freshman basketball intramurals Apley emerged champion with its 48 to 22 win over Thayer South. The final standings follow. AMERICAN LEAGUE Apley 8 0 Wigglesworth East 7 1 Matthews North 7 1 Stoughton 6 2 Thayer North 3 5 Straus North 2 6 Holworthy 2 6 Dudley 2 6...