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Supplying a needed polishing to the 'scutcheon' of the University team fencers, R. B. Lawson '32 and H. P. Walker '33 came in first in the sabre matches yesterday, with six and five points respectively. J. F. Varian 3L, a newcomer, captured four bouts to qualify for the final bracket. Hurd displayed his versatility by qualifying in the sabre with three points; this puts him in the final frame of all three divisions...
...announcement made every year in an effort to meet an annual problem. There will be similar announcements throughout the year. At house parties, at Carnival, at any major weekend of festivities, the student council will appeal to the undergraduate body to guard against any undue smirching of the college scutcheon...
Massachusetts has not fared well in its reputation for faithful judicial procedure. The Sacco-Vanzetti case still stands as a blot in the 'scutcheon. Now it has been demonstrated that the legal machinery of Massachusetts can and does insure a "fair and speedy trial", the constitutional right of every citizen...
...Hammond referred somewhat pointedly to the fact that Lowell House did not have to pay the College of Heraldry some 40 pounds to establish a false 'scutcheon, and ensure its use forever. Lowell House is therefore using its bona fide arms to great purpose; they will soon decorate the menu cards in the dining hall, as well as other available points about the two quadrangles...
When war was declared Graves enlisted almost at once, got a commission in the famed line regiment, Royal Welch Fusiliers, which had fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill: the only blot on its scutcheon was the surrender at Yorktown. In the Royal Welch the atmosphere was much the same as at Charterhouse: the regular officers resented and despised "outsiders." but discipline was perfect, morale high; they were pretty fighters...