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Last week, Mr. Ripley's "Believe It or Not" contained an item which caused amazement to many a student of human anatomy. The item: "Marechal de Bas-sompierre poured 13 [pint] bottles of wine into a vase and drank it in one breath-as a toast to the 13 cantons of Switzerland." Mr. Ripley had proof for this statement in French histories, which told how Marechal de Bassompierre, famed convivial, was sent by King Louis of France in 1625 to recruit Swiss guards and gain a pledge of allegiance from the Swiss cantons. Two Manhattan physicians, last week, said...
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...dedication of the monument, which will consist of a stone block bearing two bas-reliefs of Haughton, will take place on November 19, the day of the Yale football game. One of the bronze figures will show the famous mentor in a familiar pose, with one knee on the ground and a megaphone poised to bark out some command on the gridiron; the other will depict him at his coaching specialty, punting...
There can be no rebuttal. There is merely opportunity for agreement. Technically Harvard is nothing more that an institution of learning. It never bas been more, nor does it ever wish to be. And if the members and alumni of the University are content with this restricted aim, all commentaries, either complimentary or double edged, fade into a deeper twilight than the twilight of the gods...
...three bronze bas-reliefs have been completed, and are now on exhibit in the Grand Central Galleries in New York City. The members of the Percy D. Houghton Memorial Committee are J. W. Farley '99, chairman, Arthur Adams '99, J. W. Cutler '09, G. G. Browne '10, Paul Withington '10, R. T. Fisher '12, H. R. Hardwick '15, and M. I. Logan...