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...DERK VAN DASSEN...
...Pupil Derk Kliphuis, 40, a chauffeur for 22 years, put on his swimming trunks and waded into an Amsterdam pool for his lessons in an aluminum mock-up car. "I was frightened when we drove into the water," he said afterward. "The teacher told me to press my head against the roof of the car and look for the bubble of air. 'Don't struggle to open a door,' my teacher said. 'If you do that, you have a fair chance of dying. Press your head against the roof and wait...
Four fellowship have been award by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, established in 1928 for teaching and research in the language, Picture his Tory and art of China and Japan. Hold- ors of the endowments are Derk Bodd '34, of Rochester, New York; Harris G. Creel 1G, of Calesburg, Illinois; and Edwin O. Reischauer 3G, of Tokyo, Japan, who are at present holdin travelling fellowships from the institute, and George N. Kates of saunder town, Rhode Island, who is not enrolled at the University...
...English has decided to publish only one thesis this year: "The Witch of Wych Street," a study of the theatrical reforms of Madame Vestris, by Leo Waitzkin '33. The following theses have appeared in previous years: "Poetical Intoxication," by W. N. Bates '30; "Shakspere and the Ireland Forgeries," by Derk Bodde '30; "The Respectability of Mr. Bernard Shaw," by Ayers Brinser '31; "The Creed of a Victorian Pagan," by Robert Peel '31; and "Shilling Shockers of the Gothic School," by W. W. Watt '32. Publication of honors theses is made possible by a grant from the Visiting Committee...
Five fellowships have been awarded by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, established in 1928, for teaching and research in the language, literature, history, and art of China and Japan. Holders of the awards are Derk Bodde, of Rochester, N. Y., B. G. Creel, of Peiping, China, and Kwoh-ting Wang, of Nanking, China, who are not at present enrolled at the University, and E. O. Roschauer 2G, of Tokyo, Japan, and C. S. Sickman 3G of Denvor, Colorado...