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Undefeated except by the University Graduates, the Freshman tennis team faces two more tests in the next two days, Exeter today and M.I.T. tomorrow. David Burt, Langdon Gilkey, Chester Legg, John Palfrey, Walter Muther, and John Stewart will make the trip to Exeter with Frazier Curtis and Peter Brooks as substitutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '40 Racqueteers Face Exeter | 5/12/1937 | See Source »

What Walter Kramer got for winning the men's badminton championship last week was a silver cup, named for New York socialites Bayard Clarke and E. Langdon Wilks who were the original U. S. badminton pioneers in 1878. Unlike England's "Grand Old Man" of badminton, Sir George Thomas, whose achievement of winning 78 national badminton titles in the British Isles from 1903 to 1928 is rivaled only by his position as England's best chess player, they did not contribute much to the game's later triumph. Badminton's current status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Badminton's Rebirth | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...degree, written in Latin, was signed by all the member of the Corporation excepting John Hancock, who was in Philadelphia practicing signing the Declaration of Independence, and it was immediately published in the newspapers with an English translation. The diploma was composed by Samuel Langdon of the Class of 1740, who was President of the University from 1774 to 1780; this document still stands on the records of the Corporation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: George Washington Given the First LL.D. Degree Granted by University | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

Other victors were William T. Hull '40 over Seymour J. Rubin 2L and Louis Daily '40 over Langdon W. Mead '39 in the 145 and 126-pound classes. Captain Pete Illman of the Yardling team, Bill Daughaday '40 and Edward L. Barnes '38 also won their bouts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARKNESS TO CAPTAIN 1938 WRESTLING TEAM | 3/19/1937 | See Source »

Unchallenged today were contestants in two classes, the 126-pound and the unlimited. Finalists in the former are Louis Daily '40 and Langdon W. Mead '39; in the latter Howard E. Cox '31 and Tudor Gardiner. Advanced to the last round, after a short preliminary match, in which his opponent was thrown, Captain Pete Illman of the Freshman team will face Keyes tomorrow in the 165-pound division...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRESTLING BOUT ENDS IN FINAL TILTS TODAY | 3/18/1937 | See Source »

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