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That the lack of this spirit is not a common heritage of students in every college is seen in the popularity and the success of the Y. M. C. A. at Yale and the Philadelphian Society at Princeton. It is therefore more probable that what Harvard undergraduate lack is not philanthropy but interest, or perhaps an atmosphere like that at the other two colleges. After the average undergraduate climbs beyond the freshman class, Phillips Brooks House is liable to become little more than a name to him, and in view of this condition it is really remarkable that Brooks House...
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Veterans. Larded in with the national play at Germantown were matches in the National Veterans' Lawn Tennis Championship. For the third year in succession, Dr. Philip B. Hawk, hardy Philadelphian, was winner. The other veteran finalist was Captain A. J. Gore, a Washingtonian of wide girth, who tired fast after a brave start. Score...
DOCTOR JOHNSON (A Play)?A. Edward Newton?Atlantic Monthly Press ($3.50). Mr. Newton, well known Philadelphian, book collector and essayist, here presents, with the assistance of numerous immortal shades, four scenes from the life of that burly Doctor, hater of oatmeal, Scotchmen, professional politicians and cant, who is one of the few among the dead celebrities of English literature whom, via Boswell's life, we can know as if we had met him on the street or suffered his thunderous rebuke in person. In this play Mr. Newton's task has been, avowedly, to string certain gems of Johnsonian...
...Gould, 34, Philadelphian, won the National Court Tennis Championship for the 16th successive year. His opponent in the finals was C. Suydam Cutting of New York...