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...summary: Harvard 1927 Andover Scott, Gross, Cabot, l.w. r.w., Hart, Curtis, Asher Zarakov, Vander Horst, c. c, Vaughn Hamlen, Burnett, Scott, r.w. l.w., Knight, Richardson Bohlen, Wylde, l.d. r.d., Quarrier Coady, Wylde, Ellison, r.d. l.d., Milliken Flood, Daly, g. g., Rideout...
...famous Wertheimer portraits by John Sargent, American, are once more the nine days' talk of London. Extremely unflattering, scrupulously accurate, they portray the immediate family of a distinguished English Jew, Asher Wertheimer. They were hung Jan. 8 in the National Gallery, and with the event John Sargent became a classic in his own lifetime. Now a strong group in the House of Commons seeks their removal...
...theory that anti-Semitism caused the objections is disposed ot thus: Asher Wertheimer, in his will, left the paintings to the nation, in gratitude for the way the Jew is treated in England...
...Asher was a notable winner at the sports of Brasenose College, Oxford University, England, held March 7. He won the running high jump at 5 feet. 2 inches; the running long jump at 20 feet, the quarter-mile run in 57 2-5 seconds, by two yards, and the hurdle race in 20 2-5 seconds...