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...issue of Aug. 20 I notice the face of Lucien Warner of corset fame???a colleague of mine on the Oberlin College Trustee Board. His father was a trustee before him and in 1882 he offered the College $75,000 for a music hall. A member of the faculty with a conscience of abnormal development questioned whether it was ethical to accept such a donation from a man whose money "had been squeezed out of the girls." However the College took the gift and built what is now known on the campus as Warner Hall...
...years ago, when he was at the pinnacle of his fame??? leading the American League in batting, in base-running, voted its most valuable player?he took influenza, developed sinus trouble, underwent an operation. His sight was somewhat affected. His right and left eyes ceased to focus evenly; their beams, which should have been parallel, wellnigh met. Thus he came near to being crossed in his career by his own eyes. His batting average of .420 in 1922 sank to .305 in 1924. Now he sees perfectly again, he says. Will he, fans wonder, regain his former prowess? Sisler...