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Rarer, though a shade less precious than the Tikytt psalter, were the Blickling Homilies, only Anglo-Saxon manuscript in the U. S., a volume of 149 vellum pages written by two scribes about 971. For it Barnet J. Beyer, Manhattan bookdealer, paid $55,000. For $45,000 he also got what was described as "the most important early illustrated book ever sold at auction"-Boccaccio's De La Ruine des Nobles hommes et femmes. Translated by Pierre Faivre, it was the first dated book (1476) with copperplate illustrations. Disposal of the Boccaccio was complicated by the competition...
...Andelman, H. L. Bogart, C. J. Bove, E. W. Clark, Matthew Cobb, L. E. Corcoran, R. B. Cutler, Howard Derrickson, N. M. Goodhue, R. R. Goodrich, David Haycock, Reid Jorgensen, Barnet Kamich, J. F. Kelley, R. M. Knowles, J. S. Lang, W. E. Lunt Jr., J. H. Morison, John Ney, J. C. Oberlin, J. F. O'Connor, A. K. Philbrick, A. S. Pier Jr., W. L. Post Jr., J. P. Scheu, W. R. Sears, Carl Seeman, C. J. Sewall, Douglas Smeaton, J. T. Trefry Jr., G. T. Wagner, F. A. Webster, T. F. Wilson, Harry Winer, C. F. Woodard...
...Andelman, H. L. Bogart, C. J. Bove, E. W. Clark, Matthew Cobb, L. E. Corcoran, R. B. Cutler, Howard Derrickson, N. M. Goodhue, R. R. Goodrich, David Haycock Reid Jorgensen, Barnet Kamich, J. F. Kelley, R. M. Knowles, J. S. Lang, W. E. Lunt Jr., J. H. Morison, John Ney, J. C. Oberlin, J. F. O'Connor, A. K. Philbrick, A. S. Pier Jr., W. L. Post Jr., J. P. Schen, W. R. Sears, Carl Seeman, C. J. Sewall, Doughlas Smeaton, J. T. Trerry Jr., G. T. Wagner, F. A. Webster, T. F. Wilson, Harry Winer, C. F. Woodard...
Announcement was made last night that three men have been elected to the Kirkland Undergraduate House Committee, completing the committee of seven, four of which had been appointed. The men elected are: W. E. Arensberg '33, W. A. Schroeder, Jr. '33, and E. M. Barnet '35. The men already appointed are as follows: G. C. Homans '32, G. W. Kuehn '32, A. H. Parker '32, and W. S. Youngman...
Church councils in England were busy last fortnight with a small but distressing problem: the practice of confetti-throwing at weddings. Chief objection to it: it litters up the church. Rev. E. G. Hall, rector of Friern Barnet, thought he had found a way to control confetti. He would charge five shillings ($1.25) extra per wedding, to be forfeit should any confetti be thrown. At Hatneld, Herts., it was proposed to charge ten shillings. Pontificated Rev. Oscar Stanway, vicar of Claygate, Surrey: "Confetti-throwing is meaningless and messy!" Even worse, said he, is the prevalent practice of throwing imitation rose...