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CREW CAPTAIN JOINS RANKS OF NOVELISTS NEXT MONTH

B. McK. Henry '24, captain of the University crew and second marshal of the Senior class, has joined the ranks of the younger novelists. According to an announcement received yesterday by Mr. N. H. White '20, manager of the publishing house of Small, Maynard and Co., Inc., Henry's first novel, "Deceit", has been accepted by his company for publication and will be ready for sale by the middle of next month.

The book, a 300 page novel of society life in Boston and at Palm Beach, was begun three years ago in Professor Hurlbut's course of composition, English 31. It was continued under Dean Briggs in English 5. Henry has also been advised and assisted in his work by the famous novelist, Mr. Owen Wister '82, and by Mr. Robert Cutler '16, the author of two recent novels, "Louisburg Square" and "The Speckled Bird".

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