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...benefactor of the library, died on May 6, 1927. He had occupied a leading position in the ranks of American private collectors. A. S. W. Rosenbach of New York, one of the most prominent bookmen of the country, wrote of him: "Mr. William A. White . . . was among the earliest of our collectors to gather the choice and alluring volumes of the great Elizabethans. His judgment was excellent and he had a vivid understanding of this golden period, equalled by few scholars: He did not hesitate to lend his finest volumes to any student who showed an intelligent interest in English...
...author's genius is undeniable in the earliest story, "Little Herr Friede-mann," the stark, pathetic account of a hunchback, whose reasoned contentment is shattered by his sudden love for a flashing Valkyrish woman. Her cruel scorn for his declared love drives him to drowning himself ludicrously?head in the river, feet on the bank...
Died. David Gray, 60, partner of Henry Ford in his earliest Detroit machine shop where, in the production of the first Ford automobile, he began to acquire a fortune of several million dollars; of pneumonia; at Santa Barbara, Calif...
...Samuel Phillips founded a boys academy at Andover, Mass. Throughout one hundred and fifty years his legacy to the youth of America has grown and prospered. At all times in the course of its long history Andover Academy has held undisputed rank among the best, as well as the earliest, of American preparatory schools...
Thus has the story run all through Mr. Lane's career as Harvard librarian. From the earliest days to the present Reading Period he has successfully met every emergency and carried on the daily work with a smooth sureness. The University can do no less than express its deepest appreciation of a work well done...