Word: descent
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Maya. Most Mexicans are of Indian descent; either pure-blooded or mixed (mestizo). As Indians, their artists have never felt adequately fathered by the Old Masters of Europe. Between 1910 and 1920, when Rivera and fellow Mexicans quit trying to paint like third-rate Spaniards, they claimed as a vital part of their tradition the Maya Indian culture which flourished before the Spanish conquest. But if Maya sculpture and design became art to modern Mexicans, they remained archeology to most of the rest of the world. Last week the first big U.S. exhibition of Maya relics as objects...
Petey Sarron, a homely, 29-year-old Alabaman of Syrian descent, has been the National Boxing Association's champion since he outpointed Freddie Miller in Washington last year. Negro Henry Armstrong, 24, has been recognized as champion in California since he knocked out the New York State Athletic Commission's Champion Mike Belloise, although the Commission still recognized Belloise because his bout with Armstrong was scheduled for ten rather than 15 rounds. Thus when Boxer Belloise, ill in The Bronx, was persuaded to exchange his championship claim for the promise of a return match, all Henry Armstrong...
...meetings, held once every two or three weeks, include discussions and lectures on such phases of Italian culture as music, painting, the language, customs, and other things of interest to the student, whether he be of Italian descent or not. After the more formal part of the meetings, the club as a group sings various folk and popular songs of Italy...
...their Ladies' Auxiliary, enjoying a few days of comradeship in bar, hotel and auditorium. Last week in Buffalo, the Veterans dispatched their routine agenda in short order. Elected Commander for the coming year was Oklahoma's Scott P. Squyres, a jovial World War veteran professing Indian descent. On the speakers' list with headline peace material were such names as New Jersey's Governor Hoffman, New York's Governor Lehman, New York City's Mayor LaGuardia, Missouri's Senator Bennett Champ Clark, Oklahoma's Senator Josh Lee. Getting in his political oar, Michigan...
...trunk, sunken barge, eruption of subterranean gases throwing up leaf accumulation, devil fish, sturgeon, or Old Blue, the legendary giant catfish of the Mississippi who every so often gets stuck in a canal lock or nudges in the bottom of a barge. As Diver Brown prepared for his first descent, Newport called an unofficial holiday. Lining the shore were hundreds of out-of-towners munching Farmer Bateman's barbecued goat sandwiches and sipping his cold drinks. A loudspeaker was erected and after much ado on the great morning, Diver Brown went down into the swirling river, rendered muddier than...