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...William Holbrook, in charge of the dances, was wise enough not to fall back wholly upon the ludicrous effects invariably produced by men's attempting to employ the charms of women. This cruder part of the comedy is by no means neglected, but it is stoutly reinforced by some complex and highly entertaining routines, which the chorus men and chorus girls have assiduously perfected. Outstanding, however, in the line of non-dramatic amusement, are the dancing and the Indian-club juggling of John Develin...
...favor at the White House, for he is 79), Comptroller of the Currency J. I T. O'Connor, and the two gentlemen who were to do most of the work, Joseph 5 Buford, Chief Assayer of the U. S. Assay Office in Manhattan and Dr. F. S. Holbrook of the Bureau of Standards in Washington. Finally, as required by law, the chief testee was on hand: Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Mint...
...Task No. 2, under the direction of Assayer Buford, was to assay sample coins taken at random from all denominations and all Mints to determine that they were individually and as a group 900 fine or within a fraction there of. Task No. 3, under the direction of Dr. Holbrook, was to weigh some 300 sample coins and make sure that none of them was more than 1.5 grains†† heavier or lighter than the standards...
...dailies more than 100 years old. A 274-page edition, a deal of civic celebration marked the stanch old journal's centennial. Once suspended by Union General Benjamin ("Beast") Butler, the Picayune was edited in its palmiest post-Reconstruction days by Mrs. Eliza Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson, who married the paper's publisher and then its business manager when he died. In 1914, the Picayune swallowed the Times-Democrat. The Times-Picayune, whose last great battle was with Huey Long, easily dominates the New Orleans advertising market, owns the evening States and has long called itself "The South...
Five men have been made instructors in Mathematics for one year. Four of these are now graduate students here, including Ralph P. Boss, Jr. '33, Stanley B. Jackson '84, Otis E. Lancaster, and Herbert E. Robbins. The fifth is Holbrook M. MacNoille...