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First of last week's world's records came in the 800-metre finals. England had won at 800 metres in the last three Olympic Games. At the finish last week a skinny, spectacled Oxonian named Tom Hampson won for England again in 1149.8. After breaking the tape, Hampson fell flat on his face beside the track. He managed to stand up without help when the band played "God Save the King." Second to Hampson by a foot was Alexander Wilson of Canada, who had raced him stride for s tride over the last 100 yd. Third was Phil Edwards...
...Cuthbert Harold Blakiston, 53, headmaster since 1925 of SS. Mary & Nicolas College (Lancing College), one of England's first-rank secondary schools. Headmaster Blakiston, an old Oxonian, has been an assistant master at Sherbourne, a house master at Eton. His reputation as Lancing's head is considerable. Last week he told the British Medical Association that the boy of today is not the boy of 30 years ago. The old spirit of adventure is gone, the old initiative impaired. "In place of the adventurous outdoor sportsman of the past," gloomed Cuthbert Harold Blakiston, "we now have youths...
...From Oxford's Chancellor, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, came a proposal to establish that most useful money-raising device, an Alumni Association. It is to be dignified with the name "Oxford Society." Promoted lately at a gathering of "representative" Oxford men, it gained notably the support of Old Oxonian Edward of Wales. Lord Grey addressed his appeal to all Oxford men and Oxford women, "scattered all over the habitable world, and who carry through life an affection for Oxford which to them must be a precious possession...
...year for six years) an Old Oxonian may become a life member of the Oxford Society, which like any Alumni Association will keep a register of addresses, issue news of university doings. Old Oxonians wondered if, having thus far adopted U. S. methods, the Oxford Society would go further and hold pep meetings, money drives, cornerstone layings...
...coached the Marquis of Clydesdale in boxing, then went world-touring with him. While at Oxford, Eddie Eagan met the Prince of Wales. "The Prince soon put me at my ease. He asked many questions about boxing and also about my life at Oxford. The Prince is a staunch Oxonian. . . ." Tex Rickard and many another pro moter invited Eddie Eagan to turn pro fessional. Unlike most good amateur fighters, Eddie Eagan did not do it. but he trained with famed prizefighters like Mike McTigue, Gene Tunney. Cat-footed, slow and soft of speech, gentle as a St. Bernard...