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Certain houses in Cambridge have great physical beauty, as well as considerable historical interest. "Ellmwood," where James Russell Lowell lived, the Longfellow House, on Brattle Street, Apthorp House, which is the Master's House of Adams, and not the least, Shady Hill, where Charles Eliot Norton lived, and after him Professor Paul Saches. One might suggest that much of Harvard's modern eminence was first devised, shaped and plotted at Shady Hill. One may remark that the legendary figures of half a century ago gathered there. Perhaps sentiment is of little value where measured against dollars and cents...
...another chance. Navy, having held off the challenge for Cornell, reputed the East's most menacing crew, races against Love's oarsmen and Penn in the 18th renewal of the Adams Cup. The battle will cover the mile and three-quarter course from the Longfellow bridge to the M.I.T. boathouse...
...librarian, Mr. Sibley, bought up great quantities of books with the extra cash. Although Sibley, called the "guarding genius of the library," aimed to please distinguished men like Longfellow and Lowell who frequented Gore, he disliked students who "couldn't tell a book from a ball." Walking about "with a light tread and quick movement for a heavy man," he guarded his growing collection well, admonishing readers about doubling over pages and careless turning of the leaves...
...March crept out, the Cambridge Department of Public Works crept into one of the last citadels of free parking around the Square: Appian Way, by Radcilffe's Longfellow Hall, Dully glistening with their fresh silver sheen, new parking motors await the return of automobiles...
...Once in Longfellow, Poggioli could not resist making another attempt to get rid of a few students. "This class," he said, "will meet promptly at 11:10. Supposing you come in after 11:10--if it isn't raining why don't you take a walk...