Word: clubbings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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THOMAS A. ELWOOD Director of Public Relations Automobile Club of Philadelphia Philadelphia...
...techniques developed in Japan. In them and in furniture beautifully handmade after designs by his wife, Noémi Pernessin Raymond, the architect demonstrated his principle: "nothing wasted, nothing inappropriate." Most interesting to readers and exhibition visitors were several feats in reinforced concrete: the serene and summery Tokyo Golf Club, light-looking but earthquake-and-typhoon-proof homes, the remarkable Women's Christian College in Tokyo (see cut) of precast and reinforced concrete, with everything from stained glass to concrete and wrought-iron altar made on the spot by Architect Raymond's crew of craftsmen...
...finishing school, attended by the daughters of well-to-do doctors, lawyers, diplomats, Army and Navy officers. Less costly ($950 a year) and less swank than such Eastern schools as Miss Porter's (Farmington) or Foxcroft, Stephens nevertheless has luxurious dormitories. a stable of 36 horses, a country club and other necessary equipment for turning out elegant young ladies. But fertile-brained James Madison ("Daddy") Wood, Stephens' president, believes that elegance is not enough. Eighteen years ago he hired an expert to find out what women do besides being elegant, learned that they busied themselves with...
...Senate Press Gallery in Washington from 1898 to 1931, Senate Librarian from 1931 to 1935, now assistant administrator of the archives of the U. S., 63-year-old James D. Preston is a familiar figure to Washingtonians. An accomplished woodworker, he has designed the sets for most recent Gridiron Club shows. A ringer for Neville Chamberlain, he impersonated the British Prime Minister in the last Gridiron show with no make-up except an umbrella. Last week Jim Preston's long and honorable career reached an appropriate climax. He accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood as technical adviser...
Among the many victories the Varsity has chalked up during the season are defeats of Brown, Columbia, Hartford Fencers Club, M. I. T., and St. John...