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...portly, shrewd, magisterial Martin Stanislaus Gillet, 55, 78th Master General of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans, in England Black Friars) entered Spain 100 years ago or any European country 200 years ago, as he entered the U. S. last week, the populace would have scurried from accusations of heresy. For usually Dominicans operated the Inquisition, with the occasional aid of Franciscans. But the Inquisition no longer exists. The Black Friars confine themselves to the main purposes of their founder, St. Dominic of Guzman (1170-1221)-to preach, teach and missionize. Master General Gillet's visit...
Further concern of Master General Gillet are the 12,000 sisters of St. Dominic and sisters of the third order of St. Dominic (lay organization...
...Gillet & Johnson, bell founders, had cast the great carillon in Croyden, England, to the order of Mr. Rockefeller, who designed it as a memorial to his mother, There is no tawdry arrangement for electrical ringing. The carilloneur must strike every note by a pull on the keyboard lever. Sweat poured from Mr. Breess's forehead as the seemingly effortless notes tripped out of the tower and careered away into the bright morning: "Abide with Me," Schuman's "Traumerei," "Hark, Hark, My Soul," "Song Without Words." He was proud for he played the greatest carillon in the world...
...usual last-day filibuster did not develop in the Senate, which passed away calmly, giving hasty consideration to only a few minor bills. The House did not give over its closing hour or so tc songs as it often does. Instead there were eulogies and valedictories because Speaker Gillet was leaving to join the Senate. Representative Longworth, majority Floor Leader, retiring from that post to become Speaker, also spoke...
...Robespierre" Litolff 3. Waltz from "Eugen Onegin" Tschaikovsky 4. Fantasia, "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens 5. Suite No. 1, "L'Arlesienne" Bizet 6. Ave Maria Bach-Gounod 7. Prelude to Act III, "La Traviata" Verdi 8. Ride of the Valkyries Wagner 9. Rhapsody, "Espagna" Chabrier 10. Loin du Bal Gillet 11. Furiana from "La Gioconda" Ponchielli