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Under Two Captains, mentioned by Mr. Allison, is the biography of my great grandfather, John Jacob Lehmanowsky, general under Marshal Ney, member of Napoleon's intimate circle, close friend of the Marquis de La Fayette of Revolutionary War fame. Loving France, the country of his mother (his father a member of a Polish family able to trace its lineage back through many generations), John J. Lehmanowsky, after an extensive education in Poland journeyed to France and immediately became embroiled in the turbulent affairs of the country. He decided to support Napoleon and rapidly rose in his esteem, becoming...
...Marshal died a brave man in a little garden on the Avenue de l'Observatoire. He stood without a blindfold and told the soldiers to aim at his heart. Three of the firing squad were good shots and put three bullets through his chest, three more pierced his skull and one hit his arm. His body, following the usual custom was allowed to remain as it lay for 15 minutes. Many of his friends saw it and the representative of the military governor of Paris made the physical examination and reported back that the tribunal's order...
Filippo Silvestri, of the Regia Scuola Superiore de Agricultura, Portici, Italy, Zoology...
Paul Pelliot, of the College de France, History...
...position in the vanguard of world education has come during the short life of the Associated Harvard Clubs. The work of this group of interested alumni is characterized not only by generous contributions, but by the wise direction of these funds into useful channels. Typical are the Lionel de Jersey scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the appointment of an athletic director some years...