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...Berceuse Heroïque, dedicated to Belgium's King Albert. In his illness Debussy had become obsessed by his hatred for Germany, by scorn for the way so many French musicians took Germans for their patterns. As a last pro- test he gave himself the title of Musicien Français. But France paid him no honors the day he rode to his grave. His only funeral march was played by Germany's Big Bertha...
Present director of Worcester's Museum is amiable, oval Francis Henry ("Fran") Taylor, Philadelphia socialite, whose archeological apprenticeship was spent as a student in France and as curator in the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. When he went to Worcester two years ago plans for a new building had already been made. More to the point, the money was already in hand, a legacy from Stephen Salisbury III. Director Taylor concentrated on building up his museum's collection. On view last week were a portrait of Diane de Poitiers by 16th Century null Clouet; a fine El Greco...
...Condorcet, Author Schlumberger, now 55, took up the study of religious history, gave it up before the War to write a play, poetry and novel. (His grandmother wrote children's books, his mother was a novelist.) With André Gide, he helped found La Nonvelle Revue Française, which published both Night Flight and Saint Saturnin. With Jacques Copeau. he founded the theatre of the Vieux-Colombier which produced two of his own plays...
...floor of his cubicle, drew and erased with furious care. There is no telephone in the Bronx home where Finalist Granelli lives with his father, an Italian mosaicist. But last week he got a telegram. He thought the judges, including Architects Ely Jacques Kahn and Whitney Warren, had decided. Fran tically he jumped into a taxi, urged the driver to speed. They were arrested. At midnight Richard Granelli reached the Institute at last, heard the news that he had won the $4.000 prize, giving him 18 months at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, another twelve months of travel...
...Cabinet: President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs-Andre Tardieu. Vice President of the Council, Minister of Justice and Controller of Administration-Paul Reynaud. Interior-Albert Mahieu. Finance-Pierre Etienne Flandin. National Defense-François Pietri. Public Instruction-Mario Roustan. Public Works, Communications and Merchant Marine-Charles Guernier. Commerce and Posts-Louis Rollin. Labor-Pierre Laval. Public Health-Camille Blaisot. Agriculture-Dr. Claude Chauveau. Colonies-Louis de Chappedelaine. Pensions and Liberated Regions-Auguste Champetier de Ribes...