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Eliot House will hold "a sort of a victory dinner" tomorrow in celebration of the winning of the inter-Houses squash championship, it was announced yesterday. r. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Master of the House, will accept the trophy on behalf of the House...
With this heterogeneous mass Professor Merriman has striven nobly, by means of entry suppers and other gatherings, and largely to his efforts and aloof geniality may be attributed the progress of the House during the past year. In spite of the partly warranted criticisms on the success of the tutors in "preserving themselves from too frequent student contact," these much maligned gentlemen, while confining themselves fairly closely to their own dining table, have not been inactive in other relations with students. The energy and interest of Professor Matthiessen and Dr. Spencer were largely responsible for the extraordinary success...
...behind, but not hopeless, came R. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History, tying A. L. Lowell '77, President of the University, with six votes, close upon whose heels came K. B. Murdock '16 with four ballots. Two votes were stars in the crown of Alfred Worcester '78, Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene. Those who had only one included Alfred E. Smith, politcian; R. G. Noyes, tutor, and Eugene DuBois...
...Firk and J. T. Dennison '34 as Simon Eyre, the shoemaker, were outstanding for their performances. M. F. English '33 as Sir Roger Oatley, G. P. Rosen '33 as Margery, the shoemaker's wife, and T. W. Nazro '34 as Sybil also deserve special mention. R. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Master of the House, took the part of King Henry V, coming on the stage in the last act, preceded by a blare of trumpets. After the scene was over, King Roger and his court paraded through the dining hall, rapidly circled back through the court...
Eliot House--Professor R. B. Merriman. Widener 171: Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, 10.30-12 o'clock Professor F. O. Matthiessen. Eliot K. 11: Monday, Wednesday, 2-3 o'clock...