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...swelling the pilgrim flock by the millions, but most of them will dispense with cowl and staff, danger and dust, and have a fairly comfortable time. To learn what such journeys once involved, pilgrims and non-pilgrims can turn to Friar Felix at Large, by British Novelist H.F.M. Prescott. It is based largely on the 15th Century's 1,500-page Fratris Felicis Fabri Evagatorium in Terrae Sanctae, perhaps the best account ever given of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and one of the merriest books to come out of the Middle Ages...
William F. Prescott '49, a former Lowell House resident, drowned late Saturday afternoon when a light sailing canoe containing Prescott and George C. Lodge '50 capsized off Beverly Cove. Lodge was rescued by his brother Henry S. Lodge '52 after spending a half-hour in the freezing water...
Immediately upon seeing the accident Henry launched a small rowboat, but the rising wind hindered his progress in covering the 100 yards to the overturned boat. Both Lodge and Prescott at first tried to swim to shore, but as his father shouted to him George returned to the canoe, trying to support Prescott. The water finally separated the two, and Prescott went under...
...Prescott H. Voss, purchasing agent for the University, treated a third aspect of "Staff Functions of Industry," buying. The shrewd purchasing agent, Voss recommended to the audience that congregated in the Kirkland House Common Room, is a man who has served in the sales service of industry...
...sponsored by the Office of Student Placement will present three men prominent in the field of industry. The speakers are: Victor Borella, vice-president in charge of operations of Rockefeller Center; Earl Newsom, public relations council for Ford Motor Co. and the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; and Prescott H. Voss, purchasing agent for the University...