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...famed trade schools for orphans in 1867, Lord Jeff picks up the history of young Geoffrey Braemer (Bartholomew) at the moment when he is caught acting as a blind for two daring jewel thieves who have made themselves his guardians. Russell-Cotes School, to which Geoffrey is remanded in lieu of the reformatory, is a naval training institution which seems to be a model of its kind, with good-hearted Herbert Mundin to teach the boys sailors' knots and coach the lifeboat crew; Charles Coburn to improve their characters, and young Mickey Rooney to act as head prefect...
...interesting picture; it happens to be one with which I have no sympathy at all." So does Poet Allen Tate of Tennessee, with a schoolmasterish delight in heckling his audience, conclude the preface to his Selected Poems. These poems, true to their foreword, dish up in lieu of loaves of poetry no dough-balls of life. Strict, acute, circuitous, Poet Tate's verses invite their readers to the unveiling of a literary brain...
...Egypt. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, it is our task to bring our bodies into subjugation to our wills!" Straight from Boy Scouthood last week His Majesty was promoted to Field Marshal. He donned a uniform of red, white and green, grasped the baton of Field Marshal in lieu of a sceptre, and whirled off in his coach, flanked by barefoot native runners and Egyptian Royal Guardsmen who topped off their white, blue and gold uniforms with red fezzes...
...Student Council also voted to give a sum of $250 to the Red Cross in accordance with its annual custom. This gift is in lieu of a direct appeal to undergraduates for contributions...
...soir Monsieur le professeur Morize assistera a un diner apres lequel il nous dira quelques mots. Tout membre de l'universite qui s'interesserait sera le bienvenue. La reunion aura lieu dans le Lowell House Common Room a dix heures vingt precises...