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Although he wrote 17 books and was a constant contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Brown was known primarily for his work with young people interested in the literary arts, especially poetry. He left the University faculty in 1925 after six years in the English department, but his home on Garden St. remained a warm and friendly meeting place for students who wanted his help or advice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Famous Literateur, Rollo Brown, Dies | 10/16/1956 | See Source »

Another outstanding first contributor to the new college was the famed circus owner, P.T. Barnum. In 1882 Barnum gave Tufts a museum and from time to time provided it with animal skins to be stuffed for exhibit. Then in 1885 Barnum's most colossal specimen and the world's largest elephant in captivity, Jumbo, was tragically killed by a railroad train. As usual, Barnum promised the elephant's hide to Tufts. But first he took it on a tour of Europe, where twice as many people paid to see Jumbo stuffed (as compared to his earnings when he was alive...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Tufts: A Democracy on the Hilltop | 10/6/1956 | See Source »

...Take Over. Gunman López Pérez was a slight, short, pencil-mustachioed Nicaraguan who had worked until lately as a salesman of phonograph records in neighboring El Salvador. He could never reveal his motive: witnesses counted 20 bullet holes in his body. But as an occasional contributor to local newspapers, he had left at least one clue that hinted at an obsession for martyrdom. In a piece of literary criticism written ten days before for the León Cronista, López Pérez said: "Immortality is the aim of life and of glorious death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Shots at the President | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

Much of d'Entreves' writing has been done in Italian, both in books and periodicals, and he has been a regular contributor to many British political and historical magazines...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: British Prof. Will Probably Join Faculty | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...largest single contributor to student aid was Edmund Kerper '11, who established two funds in honor of George B. and Louise Kerper, each with an endowment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Benefactors' Gifts Reach $3,000,000 In First Quarter | 5/10/1956 | See Source »

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