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Judges John P. Marquand '15, Bernard DeVoto '18, and Laurence McKinney '12 named two short stories and a poem, all of which appeared in the Advocate, as runners-up in the competition. Donald O. Stewart, Jr. '53 was cited for his story "Dennis Gray," and Walter Kaiser '54 of Bellevue, Ohio for his poem "Aix-en-Provence." For the first time, a Radcliffe girl was mentioned by the committee. Lily Emmet '54 earned the honor with her story "Friday Philharmonic...
Bernard DeVoto '18, author of "Across the wide Missouri," won the 1952 National book Award for his "The Course of Empire." He also received the Pulitzer Prize in history. J. P. Marquand '15 got the same award for his book, "The Late George Apply." Laurence McKinney '12, a steel executive, is author of "Lines of Least Resistance" and other light poetry...
Died. Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, 82, dean of U.S. magazine illustrators who helped design he Satevepost's first modern cover, illustrated John Marquand's "Mr Moto" yarns and Earl Derr Biggers' "Charlie Chan" series...
John Phillips, the author of this book about white shoe boys and where they go, is a much-compared man. Critics have linked him to Hemingway as the portrayer of a Lost Generation, to Fitzgerald as a spokesman for gilded Ivy League youth, and to his father, J. P. Marquand as a chronicler of Eastern society...
...father's measured prose, the briskness of Hemingway, and the flamboyance of some Fitzgerald. In style and content, the hero's speech at his engagement party, rating his happiness second only to his joy on the day he scored two touchdowns against Middle sex, is almost a parody of Marquand Sr.'s Bojo Brown...