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Distributed among ten committees, the work of Phillips Brooks House is coordinated through the President, Langdon B. Gilkey '40, with the help of the Graduate Secretary, Raymond Dennett '36. It is the business of the various committees to distribute the volunteers from the student body, principally from the Freshman class, into the various activities...
Recently started and successfully maintained is the undergraduate faculty which has been opening up vast opportunities to underprivileged high school students to learn something about college courses. Chairmaned by E. Langdon Burwell '41 and Lawrence Lader '41 the undergraduate family consists of a hundred student volunteers who each tutor a graduate from some high school who because of his financial situation is unable to attend college. Once or twice a week the student meets the volunteer instructor in the latter's college room, shares his notes and books and occasionally attends lectures with...
...Langdon Gilkey was the outstanding performer of the series, turning in two singles victories and teaming with Dave Burt in a doubles triumph in his three appearances. Gilkey was the no. 1 player on the combined American squad, while Burt and John Palfrey held down the no. 2 and 3 spots. Palfrey was the workhorse of the series, participating in five matches...
With the aid of Langdon P. Marvin, Jr. '41, Student Council representative for Freshman affairs and himself an ex-Union Committee President, and of Kendrick N. Marshall '21, secretary of the Union and instructor in Government, the 1943 Union Committee will manage informal class dances, sponor talks, stage course reviews before examinations. It also appoints the committees which stage the Yardlings' two big blowouts; the Smoker, annual class stag party, and the Jubilee...
Direct relations between the Freshman class and the Student Council are provided by a member of the Council whose job is to supervise Freshman activities. This year's Adviser on Freshman Affairs is Langdon P. Marvin '41, who was Chairman of the Union Committee, Freshman social committee, two years...