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Died. Joseph Early Widener, 71, famed multimillionaire collector of purse-winning horses ; purse-weakening art ; of a heart attack; in Elkins Park, Pa. The shrewd, lavish Harvardman (father of Peter Arrell Brown Widener II, and "Fifi") inherited some $70,000,000 from his father, the late Civil War mutton provisioner P. A. B. Widener I - along with a gilt-edged collection of (chiefly Renaissance) Old Masters. He stabled such thoroughbreds as Fair Play (Man o' War's sire), steeplechaser Arc Light, and Osmond (his favorite), mounted in his white & scarlet such jockeys as the great Earle Sande...
...Harvardman Gould: his H in life...
...that the average Harvardman wanted with the average young lady was this: a date. As long as the Network could supply the need, and keep playing classical music on the side, their listeners would be happy. And what's more, they'd be listeners...
...year ago, while "Bliss" was Professor Bliss Perry, beloved English teacher. Professor Copeland, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, emeritus, and his readings have thrilled thousands. Annually be attracts a packed hall to listen to him as he intones familiar and unfamiliar words from the Bible, Kipling, Stephen Leacock, Harvardman Robert Benchley '12, and many more." About each of these the legends are never-ending...
...successful, it may result in a few cracked heads and the appearance of the oafish Cambridge police who glory in any opportunity to use a stick on a Harvardman. If unsuccessful, it may merely result in a parade of visits to the Dean's office...