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...between coat and kilt. Says he: "I could not fail to notice how much character it gives a woman's face to display her navel." From time to time in his travels Maugham met an outlandish character, was often made confidant of an outlandish story. In the teak forests of Siam he met a Frenchman, a gross fellow, who boasted of his recent prowess in venery, then seeing a copy of Verlaine's poems Maugham was carrying, seized it and read a favorite. "And as he read his voice broke and tears came into his eyes...
...second University hockey teak will meet Browne and Nichols on the Charlesbank rink this afternoon. Comparative scores are of little value in forecasting the result of the contest as the two teams have not played the same opponents. The schoolboys with victories over St. Marks and Middlesex have a formidable record and their fast forward line will be apt to penetrate the second's defence. The Crimson will have an advantage in commanding superior substitute niaterial...
...Winkle he was reasonably certain of placing in one or both sprints, and with Starr and Gubb in college the Ithacans were amply protected in the hurdles. Now that all these men are gone, the university must depend on untried material. The most uncertain branches, on the track teak are therefore both dashes and hurdles, although Watt looks promising for the 220-Yard hurdle race...
During the week the practice has been hard. Long scrimmages with either the second or Freshman teams have occurred daily. Yesterday the practice was light but long between teams A and B. Every time teak A came within the 30-Yard line, Brickley tried a field goal. He made three out of six attempts. Felton was placed on team B to punt while Bradlee kicked for team A. Line-ups for Today. The teams will line up as follows: HARVARD. AMHERST. Felton, l.e. r.e., Whitten Storer, l.t. r.t., Konold Pennock, l.g. r.g., Lind Parmenter, c. c., Chamberlain Trumbull...
...feet 9 inches; square stern; timbers and frames of selected white oak, planked with white cedar in two thicknesses, the inner layer 1-2 inch, outer planking 5-8 inch; copper-fastened and riveted through timbers; garboards and upper strake of white oak; stern and planksheer of selected teak; decks laid in narrow strips of white pine; coaming for cockpit of quartered oak. In the after end of the forward cockpit is a bulkhead, forward of the boller bulkhead, in which is placed the steering wheel, this space is the full width of the boat and is devoted...