Word: philadelphianization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opening round. Alonso has been known to beat Tilden. Also in Tilden's quarter of the draw were Norman E. Brookes, ancient Australian, Pat O'Hara Wood, and Howard Kinsey, the deadlier of the two Kinsey brothers. Any one of these might conceivably upset the elongated Philadelphian...
Robert E. Strawbridge Jr.?Trying for No. 3, this young Philadelphian for days concealed the fact of a broken rib, but ultimately had to lose a week's practice. Sound, he might beat out Webb and Stevenson or even Pedley...
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...