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...little changed in 38 years, except for the "beeldings." His outstanding reminiscence of World War I are the riding boots of Kermit Roosevelt which he used to shine. The prosperity of the twenties carried him right into the presidency of Megalopolis, a society of Boston Greeks. In his cubbyhole sanctum Felix treasures the programs of the charity balls he sponsored. He contributed a full $2,000 to the erection of a high school near his home town, and carefully preserves his cancelled checks as living proof of his munificence...
Harvard's thousand freshmen will find themselves living for the most part in the historic elm-shaded Yard which until nine years ago was the sanctum of the Senior Class. Here they will exist as a unit more or less separated from the rest of the college with their lives centering in the Harvard Union, combination dining room, pool parlor, dance hall, and library...
...since 1931 has had a separate dean, Delmar Leighton '19, but it was not until this fall that the entire Freshman staff was located in the same suite of offices. With their offices formerly in University 4, the assistant Yardling deans were three floors away from Dean Leighton's sanctum in University 9. Last summer the Yardling force was moved to new third floor offices streamlined with the latest in telephone pushbuttons and filing cabinets...
Last week the Pore's new members, un-blindfolded, stole eager glances around their sanctum: at the pair of ivory tusks, brought by Teddy Roosevelt from Africa, the curios gathered from the corners of the earth by many another Porkie, the "busybodies" (V-shaped mirrors) at the windows by which Porkies may sit in their chairs and watch the street, the Long Room, lined from floor to ceiling with books, the banquet chairs, each with the name plate of its donor on the back. Presiding at the banquet was the Pore's grand marshal, Maine...
...annual meeting of the Crimson, for which attendance is compulsory, is to be held in the Sanctum this afternoon at 4 o'clock, followed by the flowing of the bowl at 6:30, dinner at 7, and an entertainment by candidates thereafter. Inactive and graduate editors are welcome...