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...even the blithest comedy, the sorriest tragedy, or the strangest history, there comes a time when the last line is spoken and the heavy curtain from above descends unalterably. So it was at Clean, Scotland, that Death came to Mary Elizabeth Haldane, nee Sanderson. She had celebrated her 100th birthday but recently (TIME, May 4, EDUCATION). She remembered the first steam engine and the first balloon. She remembered the days when children honied from school blackened and blued by the schoolmaster's rod. She had seen George V throned and Edward VII laid away. She had seen the great...
...Peter of Chanute, Kan., who voted for President Coolidge a few weeks ago, celebrated his 100th birthday and received a telegram...
...Over the Adams threshold daily came John Hay, "the roving diplomat," Secretary of State to Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, Adams' great friend. Here came Clarence King, a professional geologist of rare spirit, who "knew more than Adams did of art and poetry . . . knew America west of the 100th meridian better than anyone . . . knew even women-even the American woman, even the New York woman, Which is saying much." Here also came the young President Roosevelt, "of infinite dash and originality," glad of admittance. Here Richardson, the architect; Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor; LaFarge and Sargent, the painters. Here also Senator...
...manufacturers of Portland Cement are celebrating the 100th anni- versary of their industry...
...Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, named after America's "first scientist," celebrated the 100th anniversary of its birth. In attendance were 700 scientists representing 200 universities and other scientific institutions. Many of the older universities of the world sent birthday greetings by their representatives. They included...