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Recognizing the scantiness of material, Mr. Washburn sought to clothe his skeleton facts both in the flesh of anecdote and in the drapery of buncombe. He has not forgotten the tricks of his political trade, the "lofty" theme, the "lively" wit. A few examples...
...more painstaking accuracy, is also witness to the fact that at times a journalist can be less interesting than a politician. One suspects an industrious correspondent of poring over back newspaper files and making a conscientious if uninspired summary. At times he is distressingly literal and like Mr. Washburn submits frequent homilies on the humbler virtues. He does not vapor, however, about the broodings of Fate. Some extracts...
...defeated R. E. Smith, 15-11, 14-15, 15-6, 15-9; F. I. Carpenter '24 defeated V. O. Stubbs, 15-9, 4-15, 15-11, 15-12; J. H. Finley '25 defeated Ives Gammel, 15-12, 18-14, 15-18, 15-2; P. R. Pease '26 defeated Slater Washburn, 12-15, 15-11, 15-11, 15-7; Gorham Hubbard defeated G. M. Laimbeer...
...singles of the National ranking R. Norris Williams 2nd '16 is placed third, the only Harvard man among the first ten. Watson M. Washburn '15 and Nathaniel W. Niles '09 rank 15 and 19 respectively...
Premier Benito Mussolini and Richard Washburn Child, U. S. Ambassador to Italy, lately returned to his post in Rome from leave of absence spent in the U. S., were closeted together in conference for half an hour. Premier Mussolini showed the deepest interest "in American public opinion as regards Italian affairs." The conference was to have been continued...