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...starched collars as reflected in the glorious reign and ignominious fate of the Arrow Collar Man -"a national idol who never lived." A chart showing the tumble of starched collar sales from 1919 (the advent of the soft shirt) is surrounded by colored reproductions of Artist Joseph Christian Leyen-decker's unbelievably handsome creation at critical stages of his career from the "merry Oldsmobiling" days of 1907 to the present. Captions tell the story...
...first of a series of nine lectures, Professor Friedrich von der Leyon of the University of Cologne will speak in the Germanic Museum today at 4 o'clock on "Prehistoric Germany." In the following lectures, which will be given in German, von der Leyen will trace the development of German literature from the earliest times to the present day. The history of painting, sculpture, and the arts, as well as the drama and stage settings, will also be treated in the light of their connection with German culture...
...Leyen occupies the Kuno Francke chair of German Art and Culture for the year 1931-32, and is also visiting professor at Leverett House. Besides this series of lectures he will give another course of ten lectures during the second term. He will be introduced this afternoon by J. A. Walz, professor of the German Languages and Literature of the German department...
Succeeding in this illustrated series by Professor von der Leyen will be given in the Large Lecture Hall of the Fogg Art Museum...
Nine will have the title of lecturer and three appointments carry the title of professor Pierre Martino, professor of French Languages and Literature at the University of Algiers, is to be Exchange Professor from France for the second semester. Friedrich von der Leyen, from the University of Cologne, is Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard for one year from September 1, 1931. Sigurthur Nordal, Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland at Reykjavik, has come for the academic year as the fifth incumbent of the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry...