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...Louis Brom-field?Stokes ($2.50). This book were better left unpublished. Coming on the heels of three splendid predecessors, the last of which (Early Autumn, 1926) won a Pulitzer Prize and brought the author back from his European haunts in a triumph of press-agentry, it is a sorry letdown. Florid, artificial, repetitious, it is incredibly dull and sloppy work to come from an author of Mr. Bromfield's well-earned reputation...
...advisability of starting the season before vacation, and suffering the letdown necessitated by the Christmas vacation will be determined after tonight's game...
...practice. Warm weather has contributed its share, and the four-car scheme will provide an additional period of practice for the University squad till a few days before the Yale game. It is felt that in former years there has been too long an "off-season", with the inevitable letdown in physical condition. This season, with winter tank-work scheduled for after Christmas, there will be only a little over a month of complete rest...
...resulted in a 6 to 4 defeat for the University squad. When team A came off the ice the score stood 2 to 1 against them. Inaccurate passing and poor stick-handling were noticeable on the part of the Crimson players throughout the scrimmage, and there was a decided letdown from the standard of play set in the Queen's game...