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George Oliver May is a plump, urbane, British-born gentleman who winters in Manhattan and summers in Southport, Conn., collects old English silver, dislikes publicity, has a daughter married to Barron Collier Jr. and is one of the world's foremost authorities on corporate finance and taxation. In Manhattan last week Mr. May attended a dinner celebrating his silver jubilee as senior partner of the potent accounting firm of Price, Waterhouse & Co. In Washington last week Mr. May, who was a Wartime adviser at the Treasury Department, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee as a disinterested citizen, presented...
HARVARD TUFTS Adzigian, 3b lf, Donnelly (Capt.) Prouty, lf rf, Lillis Bilodeau, ss ss, Spath Owen, 2b 2b, Collier Gibbs, cf 3b, Tominey Colwell, lb cf, Philpott Ingalls, rf 1b, Colclough Maguire (Capt.), c c, Acerra Tittmann, p p, Radvilas, or Harris Soldiers Field, 4 o'clock...
Frank Richards first heard about army life at the bottom of a Welsh coal mine, when his "buttie," an ex-soldier, held forth on the milk & honey that was India. It sounded livelier than a collier's future, so off went young Richards to enlist in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was younger than the age he gave the recruiting sergeant, but well set-up and handy with his dukes. He soon got the hang of barrack life, and was enjoying his beer and his "bit of skirt" with the best. He took his part in many...
Francis G. Collier 3G is general chairman of the committee which also includes Forest K. Davis '39, Campbell De Mallie '36, David I. Hosmer '36, and Vernon Struck '38. George Miller, professor of Government at Tufts College will lead the round table discussion on whether the Constitution requires further amendment to meet the social needs of today...
Advertisers and publishers were soon clamoring for Parrish's work. He did innumerable color pictures for the Ladies' Home Journal and covers for Collier's, illustrated many a children's book. One of the best known barroom murals in the U. S. is his work. At the turn of the century John Jacob Astor commissioned Artist Parrish to paint a picture of Old King Cole for his Hotel Knickerbocker. The panel, 28 feet long, showing the pipe, the bowl, the fiddlers three, was the wonder of Times Square for nearly 20 years. Last autumn it reappeared...