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...corners of the earth by many another Porkie, the "busybodies" (V-shaped mirrors) at the windows by which Porkies may sit in their chairs and watch the street, the Long Room, lined from floor to ceiling with books, the banquet chairs, each with the name plate of its donor on the back. Presiding at the banquet was the Pore's grand marshal, Maine's ex-Governor William Tudor Gardiner. On this first occasion, the new members were allowed to drink only sherry...
This will be the second award of the Fogg Museum Fellowship in Modern Art, established last year by an anonymous donor, to enable graduate students of proved ability to complete advanced studies as an aid in securing permanent positions in the field...
Hollywood's Gone With the Wind arrived in Washington last week. For the second night's performance a mysterious, big-hearted donor bought out the Palace Theatre, resold the 2,357 seats at $3 to $10 each and turned over the $13,000 net profit to Herbert Hoover's Finnish relief fund...
...trusts are being contested on the grounds that the donor was not "sound of mind." University officials yesterday declined to comment until definite knowledge of the bequest was discovered; the Treasurer's office has apparently been unable to ascertain if the money was ever received...
...this over-lectured community the more announcement of one of more series of public lectures, by a fugitive visitor, cannot of itself now be expected to realize the ends desired by the donor," he said