Word: ivan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from factory chimneys and shaken at intervals by sluggish trolley cars, there stands in Cleveland a building known as Slovenian Hall-rendezvous for exiled Serbians, Croatians and Slovenians. Last week this hall blazed with light and wit. The Slovenians of Cleveland entertained their most widely celebrated countryman, Ivan Mestrovic, sculptor. Ivan Zorman, spokesman for Cleveland Slovenians, was toastmaster; other prominent citizens-John Gornik, Frank Tomic, Rev. George Petrovic, Bojeslav Mihalievic, W. M. Milliken- spoke. In the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sculptor Mestrovic's work stood on exhibit...
...Ivan Mestrovic once tended sheep in a valley in Dalmatia. In copying the reliques of Greek and Roman art he showed such ability that his father apprenticed him to a master mason. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome. Almost all important capitals have seen exhibitions of his work...
...Foreign Trade; but, at the eleventh hour, it was decided that any rearrangement of the Council would be interpreted abroad as a symptom of weakness. The election of Trotzky referred to last week was to the Federal Congress of Soviets. A report from Moscow, via Berlin, stated that Ivan Stalin was using Trotzky as a lever to oust Grigori Zinoviev, chief of the Third Internationale. Stalin and Zinoviev were formerly fast friends and led the recent attacks against Trotzky that led to his political fall (TIME, Jan. 26). It now appears that Stalin (backed by Alexei Rykov, Chairman...
...University Glee Club will journey to Northampton today to give its annual joint concert with the Smith College Glee Club. The 60 members of the University organization who will make the trip will be conducted by Dr. A. T. Davison '06 and the Smith singers by Professor Ivan T. Gorohkoff. The soloist for the University Club, singing in Gretchaninov's "Credo", will be J. R. Houghton 2G. The Glee Club has announced the first of the three annual open air concerts for Tuesday evening, May 5. This concert, which will be held at 7 o'clock on the steps...
...days previously, Zbyszko wrestled Ivan Zaikin, Russian. Thrice 265-pound Zaikin lifted Zbyszko over his head, tossed his 217 pounds through the ropes. After 22 min. 49 sec. of wrestling, Zaikin refused to continue. Why? asked the referee. Zbyszko, Zaikin explained, had been secretly sticking his large forefinger into his, Zaikin's, ear-a method of attack which he could ill brook, since the ear had recently been operated on. The crowd, eager to believe itself cheated, booed. The referee gave the decision to Zbyszko...