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...Toscanini. Stokowski's position in Philadelphia was strengthened materially when his great admirer Curtis Bok lately became president of the Orchestra.* And it is an open secret that Manager Judson is through after this season whether his opera scheme works or not. Philadelphians suspect that smart Esther Everett Lape is being groomed for his job. They know she is no ordinary secretary. For eleven years she has been the brains of the Bok-endowed American Foundation, promoting Peace, the World Court and the recognition of Soviet Russia...
...immediately reported the resolution favorably. The Senate passed it without a dissenting vote. Two hours later Senator Cummins, President of the Senate, announced the personnel of the Committee (including Mr. Reed). Before the day was over the Committee had organized and taken action. Edward W. Bok and Esther Everett Lape (Chairman of his Peace Award Committee) were summoned to testify as to their activities...
Miss Esther Everett Lape, author, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the ex-Assistant Secretary of the Navy and erstwhile Democratic candidate for Vice President, sat up until midnight to receive the last plans...
Heading the committee is Miss Esther Everett Lape, writer and a prominent supporter of Governor Pinchot, elected in Pennsylvania last Fall. Other members of the committee are: John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain; Federal Judge Learned Hand; William H. Johnston, President of the International Association of Machinists; Nathan L. Miller, recent Governor of New York; Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War; Melville E. Stone, of the Associated Press; Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Governor of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Ogden Reid, wife of the publisher of the New York Tribune; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the former...
...Tower '15 ran the first two lape for the Freshmen handing over a lead of a yard to P. M. Rice '15, who added two more, E. P. Stone '15, the third man, was only able to gain slightly on his opponent, and F. W. Capper '15 broke the tape 6 yards ahead of the fourth Boston College freshman. The time was 2 minutes, 40 3-5 seconds...