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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rhodes scholarships are open to unmarried American citizens who will be between 19 and 25 years of age on October 1, 1928, and who have completed at least two years of college work. They are tenable for a period of three years at Oxford and carry an annual stipend of 400 pounds sterling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RHODES SELECTION TO BE MADE NEXT DECEMBER | 3/17/1927 | See Source »

Asked if, when he smiled in front of each audience, he really felt happy, or simply made others think so, Toto replied. "Yes, I'm always happy, and the response of the audience doesn't affect me in the least. Sometimes, I don't even hear their applause, and it is very seldom that I see them. You see, when I'm on stage, I alwas squint," (and here he demonstrated for his interviewer.) "That closes my eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toto Breaks Silence to Say His Stage Smiles Really Mean He's Happy--Famous Clow n Finds Boston Hard to Please | 3/16/1927 | See Source »

...Liberal club, in its recent campaign has been the cause of more than one smile, but it has at least treated its subject with serious dignity. It is a violation of the finer feelings of human nature to be forced to associate a letter of the type written by Mr. Hollister with the Harvard men that have died for the true dignity of their country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/15/1927 | See Source »

...Mental vagabondage is also on hand, and a splash of sunshine on the arm of the chair or a glimpse of blue sky is all that is necessary for a tour of Europe, a flight around the bases, or a cross channel swim. For a couple of weeks at least one Student Vagabond will not have to give minute attention to the lectures he visits in his morning peregrinations. For today's program, however, he chooses to feature Professor Murdock's talk on Nathaniel Hawthorne because his first vagabonding beyond Cambridge this spring took him to Salem where he experienced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 3/15/1927 | See Source »

...hysterically. Pauline Frederick has a low, beautiful voice, dark, tragic eyes, a well-proportioned figure, slightly more matronly than it was a few years ago when she was a symbol of beauty. In cinema she has recently been cast as the suffering mother. The English critics thought her at least equal to Mrs. Pat Crimpbell. Ellen Terry, in their most glorious days. She was recalled ten times-the greatest demonstration since Sarah Bernhardt's appearance. She tried to make a speech but found herself choked with uncontrollable emotion. The audience continued to cheer, to wipe its eyes, to cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: In London | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

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