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...chancellor of the archdiocese since 1926, was consecrated auxiliary bishop, assuming the post Bishop O'Hara relinquished when he was sent to Georgia. Another prelate from the tight, self-sufficient archdiocese of Philadelphia's Denis Cardinal Dougherty moved up in the hierarchy when Most Rev. George Leo Leech became Bishop of Harrisburg, succeeding the late Bishop Philip Richard McDevitt. After a month at his new job Bishop Leech astounded his 200 priests by calling each correctly by his first name as he knelt to kiss the Episcopal ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: More Bishops | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

Cornell led from the start of the game, and maintained their edge through most of the bitterly fought game. Dick Fletcher again distinguished himself at his guard post, sticking to his man like a leech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor and Freshman Weekend Sports | 2/23/1935 | See Source »

...auspices of the Naval Science Department, students enrolled in that unit together with members of the Harvard Rifle Club, will be offered expert coaching by Sergeant William A. Easterling of the Marine Corps, member of the National rifle team and winner of the Pershing Trophy, President's Match, and Leech Cup. Easterling will be in Memorial Hall daily, starting next Tuesday, from 10 to 12 o'clock and from 2 to 5 o'clock. Rifle Club members in good standing can shoot at these times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE RIFLE TEAMS TO USE NEW INDOOR RANGE | 2/21/1934 | See Source »

...Newton Galleries was exhibited a series or black & white pencil drawings and colored caricatures, signed for the most part H. B. To knowing London Victorians H. B. stood for John Doyle, an artist that modern critics have learned to classify with his more famed contemporaries, George Cruikshank and John Leech. His son Richard became the famed Punch illustrator. Every week at least 200,000 people look with lacklustre eyes on "Dicky" Doyle's best-known drawing-the cover for Punch, designed in 1844. John Doyle's little grandson grew up to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Shows in Manhattan | 1/22/1934 | See Source »

...Althouse '34, J.L. Brodrich '35, H.S. Derrickson '35, W.M. Evans '35, H.B. Garrignes '34, R.H. Heindel '33, J.S. Lang '35, E.B. Lee, Jr. '34, C.R. Leech '34, W.R. Lessig, Jr. '34, John Maler '34, H.S. Miller '35, S.A. Polik '34, E.H. Rigg '34, R.W. Turner ;33, A.D. Willow '33, G.D. Zimmerinan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee on Scholarships Awards 298 Upperclassmen Fund Totalling $99,284 | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

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