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Speaking before the 100th anniversary celebration of Tufts College, President Conant said, "I hope that four-year universities will feel they should be concerned with the development of the intellectual capacity of a relatively small percentage of the population...
...London Times noted the 100th anniversary of the death of the Duke of Wellington, and credited him with founding the tradition of English understatement. Said the Times: "The personality of the Duke, conveyed in a thousand stories, which glorify a reticence, simplicity, and a fierce contempt for false sentimentality, has become a national myth. Like all myths, it has helped powerfully to form manners. Understatement has, in fact, become a national characteristic, and Englishmen, in the 18th century as lachrymose as any people in Europe, have given up weeping in public...
...Angeles last week, Father McGivney's secret society, the Knights of Columbus, held its annual convention, commemorating the 70th anniversary of its founding and the 100th of Father McGivney's birth. Total membership is now 829,634. Besides satisfying the native American fondness for plumed hats and recondite lodge rituals, the Knights have a comprehensive system of insurance and sick benefits for members. Like secular secret societies, they also manage various charitable activities...
...Yale's varsity crew, leading all the way, an upset over Harvard in their 100th anniversary regatta on the Thames River; at New London, Conn...
...time, he was to make the most of his affliction. He lived out his life as a blind, wasted consumptive, but he devised a system of reading and writing that opened the world of letters to millions of sightless people. Last week, marking the 100th anniversary year of his death, the blind were not alone in paying him tribute. With President Auriol leading the way, all of France was singing his praises...