Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-03
John Coolidge as Student at Amherst
IsGood Mixer, but Quiet and Unassumlng

was here that they met. He often
remarks about it and is always
amused by the fact that she stood In
awe of him for quite While AFTER
they met.
He seems to find her very attrac.
tive. as indeed she is. and he has been
going over to see her regularly ever
since. Although there has been per-
sistent rumor going around for some
time now that the two are engaged, II
is pretty likely that this Is not true.
Both deny 1t emphatically to their
most intimate friends.
Being very fond of music, John
spends some time either listening
to music or singing himself. he
has a good baritone voice and often
Joins a group of his friends Tor
little close harmony. He was
member of the musical clubs during
his freshman year. but had 10 give
IL up because of the undesired pup
licity which 1t brought him. Every
time a concert was held John was
the whole show-so he had to cut
1t all out.
Whenever there is a good dance
orchestra around, Coolidge is always
right on hand listening intently TO
their music. At recent social al
fair one boy asked another where
he might find John.
Well" was the reply, he Is
either over there by the orchestra
or he Is not here at all.
Often when there are no orches-
tras around he listens to the phono-
graph. He has an enormous stack
of records OF every description and
variety in his room and he handles
them as IL they were made OF so much
glass. When he returned from the
Christmas holidays he had 10 new
records in his suit case which he
bought with some money he had
saved for the purpose. He was very
proud of his collection and played
these same records over and over
again.
John Is not much of an athlete and
the various athletic competitions do
not interest him much. He is not
heavy enough for foot ball and not
quick enough for basket ball. There
fore he confines his activities to pub
locations and social cornmitteeships.
succeeding very we'll In both Of these
lines. In his sophomore year he was
appointed to a position on the sophie
more hop committee and placed in
charge of the music. That party was
voted the best one of the year simply
because 1t had the best music for it,
John is junior now and has been
appointed on the Junior Year Book
Board, or the Olio Board, as it is
commonly called. 1t has been his job
to get advertisements and he certainly
has been bringing them in. He is also
on the junior prom committee this
year and, due to his efforts and sug-
gestions. the prom bids fair to be a
big success.
Thus one readily sees how whole
hearted and earnest he is and how
tireless in bringing about the desired
end, whatever 1t might be. He has
reputation for being dependable, and
this is no doubt the reason why he
has received these appointments.
When he leaves here he plans to
enter Harvard Law School at Cam
bridge and complete his education
there and then to follow in the legal
footsteps of his father. His course
here Is being taken with this ulti-
mate aim In view His father got to-
gether with the secretary of the fac
ulty here when he entered and they
carefully mapped out the course of
study which John Is now pursuing.
Having nearly all OF the famous
Coolidge traits in addition TO having
the benefits and advantages of a
carefully planned schooling. it seems
probable that these United States will
hear more OF the Coolidge family as
the years go by.