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...Professor Morize received the degree of Bachelier es Lettres from the University of France; from the same institution he was awarded the degrees of Lic. es Lettres and Agrege des Lettres in the years 1906 and 1907 respectively. In 1907 he became professor of French Literature at the Lycee of Montauban, and from 1910 to 1913 he held a similar position at the University of Bordeaux...
whose striking political philosophizing earned the praise of Liberals everywhere. Backed by the Straights (Mrs. Straight was also a founder of the Junior League), Mr. Croly began editing The New Repub lic in November 1914. Its appeal was almost immediate. To. enlightened young men emerging from college, unwilling to immerse themselves entirely in their professions or industries, it offered repeated, cultivated doses of broadmindedness, enquired with dignified persistence into the affairs of the Commonwealth. In the editorial office sat "H. C.." smoking incessantly, speaking in a voice scarcely above a whisper, writing with the great caution and difficulty...
...found aligned with the House of Morgan and the power companies. Now 71, he has been an active lawyer for more than 50 years, possessor of a large fortune (one copper consolidation which he effected brought $775,000 in lawyer fees). A persistent advocate of public control of pub lic utilities he has long fought on New York City's side of its subway fight and in 1926 he was Alfred Emanuel Smith's ad viser in blocking a private Power deal very similar to the one now effected by the House of Morgan. At present he is investigating...
...with length of exercise, training, and lung capacity was revealed yesterday by Dr. L. J. Henderson '98, Professor of Biological Chemistry in Harvard University. Experiments on Clarence de Mar, the famous marathon runner, and other athletes and non-athletes, made by having them alternately run on a treadmill and lic still on a couch, show that the athlete's blood changes less than that of the ordinary man in motion. The acidosis of De Mar's blood remained static while running at an average rate of 5.8 miles per hour, when he consumed 3.5 liters of oxygen per minute...
...Captain Wright wrote: "Mr. Gladstone . . . founded the great tradition, since observed by so many of his followers and successors with such pious fidelity : in pub lic to speak the language of the highest and strictest principles and in private to pursue and possess every sort of woman...