Playing its opening contest against the Mt. Hope Club at Agawam. Shode is land, the Varsity squash team came off victorious on Saturday by a 4-1 score.

At No. 1 for the Providence business men Carroll Harrington 24 a courtsman of international repute, succumbed before the steady onslaught of German C. Gidden '36, while with the exception of Captain Stanley G. Haskins '35, who was defeated in three games by H. R. Cross the remaining Crimson racquet wielders duplicated his success.

Present in the Harvard line up this year is not only the runnerup Glidden, but also last year's intercollegiate champion. E. Brian Sargent '36, who holds the further distinction in the recent gold raquet tourney at Cedarhurst, Long Island, of having forced Neil Sullivan, national champion, to five games. On his road before giving way the finals, Sargent defeated Donald Simons, Princeton graduate and court luminary.

The summary: Germain G. Glidden '36 (H) defeated Carroll Harrington Jr. (Mt. H), 15-11, 15-10, 15-8; K. N. Sargent '36, (H) defeated H. Phinneas 15-2, 16-14; Huntington Thorn (H) defeated D. Howe, 15-8, 11-15, 18-10, 17-16; John R. Wilkinson '38 (H) defeated C. R. Stedman, 15-8, 16-14,