Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Seven Harvard men were named on the official rank list of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Of these, two are undergraduates. W. W. Ingraham '25 was placed fourth in the New England Ranking of men's singles and Karl Pfaffman '24, captain of the University tennis team, holds tenth place on the list...
...Christmas tree rising 60 feet high in the oval south of the White House. A choir from the Epiphany Episcopal Church and a brass quartet of the Marine Band gave a concert. At nine in the evening the choir and an assembled multitude sang Christmas carols on the north lawn. At midnight a group of Negro voices renewed the carolling about the great Christmas tree...
...Sept. 15 issue of American Lawn Tennis, Tilden remarked regarding the recent doubles match against Australia (TIME, Sept. 10) : "Suggestions on the methods of play would come better at any other time than between the third and fourth sets...
...Japanese during the earthquake: "In the midst of the horrors the thing that impressed me most was the unfailing courtesy of the Japanese people, who still considered their guests first. The best illustration of this was the first night in the outskirts of Tokyo, where we herded on the lawn of a nobleman's house. No one knew who we were, but those wonderful people refused to allow any of us to sleep on the grass without some sort of covering. Where they found blankets and mats for us I cannot imagine, but we had to take them...
When Dwight F. Davis, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, created a new committee, the International Intercollegiate Committee, for promoting international tennis rivalry among college players, K.S. Pfaffman '24 was appointed an ex-officio member...