Word: gibsonized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mother of Lord de Clifford was the "Gibson Girl," Evelyn Chandler, a statuesque stage beauty some six feet tall. His wife is the daughter of London's frequently arrested night club queen, Mrs. Kate Meyrick. Lord de Clifford's chief previous legal difficulty was for "giving false information" in order to obtain his marriage license. This peccadillo carried a possible penalty of seven years in jail. London's Lord Mayor took a romantic view of the case in his capacity of magistrate, not only let Lord de Clifford off with a fine of $250 but gave...
Back in New York, the money began to roll in and it has never stopped. Like a factory, Christy turned out magazine covers, illustrations, posters. The Christy Girl began to vie with the Gibson Girl in popularity. Two of his best-known models he married: Mabelle Thompson and the present Mrs. Nancy May Palmer Christy. In 1921 he felt himself sufficiently secure financially to give up illustrating and strike out as a painter of celebrities. Since then he has heard Benito Mussolini play the violin, has dined with Marie of Rumania, has made recognizable likenesses of Crown Prince Umberto...
Ames Scholarship of $150 each have been awarded by the Student Council to C. Colmery Gibson '37 and to Richard B. Johnson '36. Each will be given a printed memorial recording the activities of the two Ames brothers and the story of their tragic death...
...Gibson came to Harvard from Boys High School in Atlanta, Georgia. In his Freshman year he was on the Union Committee, was on the basketball team and editor-in-chief of the Freshman Red Book. He is now a member of the Student Council, the Editorial Board of the CRIMSON, and the Dunster House Committee...
...Colmery Gibson '37, Dunn, and Dennett will determine whether Lehman Hall is justified in refusing to include the charge for the use of the new commuter social center, Dudley Hall, on the term bill, and to how great a degree this has diminished the use of the new building...