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...honeymooned in their 98-ft. yacht, Speejacks, crossed the Atlantic, the Pacific, weathered a China Sea monsoon, slipped through the teeth of reefs, limped back to Manhattan while the world gasped at a young couple that could endure such storms, such hazards. Died. Laura Opper, painter of portraits and benefactor of painters; in Manhattan. Her work has been hung in numerous galleries abroad and in the U. S. In 1893, she established one of the first "neighborhood houses"-in Allen Street, Manhattan. Died. Dutch Louie, 26, famed yegg, gunman; in Cherry Hill, Manhattan. His shooting recalled that of his alleged...
...Benefactor Avoids Publicity...
...absence of a general celebration was due, it is understood, to the difficulty in securing a benefactor whose financial judgment had been sufficiently warped that the necessary funds were forthcoming. In this respect, the class of 1923 was more fortunate...
...Robinson. It is very difficult indeed to project across the footlights, so widely differing characters as the three developed in this one. The man of God, as seen by Orgon and Madame Pernelle, the insinuating rascal ready to seduce the wife of his closest friend and greatest benefactor; and the barefaced scoundrel of the last act were all successfully portrayed...
...opportunity. A game, which, like squash, can be continued in later life with all the benefits and eagerness of youth golf deserves every facility and stimulus which can be given it. But two hundred thousand dollars looms rather large on a college horizon--and even if some generous benefactor should present the entire sum with no strings attached, such as a Chairman in Anglo-Saxon poetry or India philology it might not be justifiable to sink it in a golf course. Universities require many things; this one in particular has certain pressing needs which seem to follow a sort...