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...Catherine II, there ruled three weak women, two of them foreigners. They in turn were followed by a child of one, a boy of twelve, and a man whose chief pre-occupation at the age of thirty was to manouvre little lead soldiers over a battle ground of table linen. When one thinks of the country before and after Peter in these terms and then considers the lasting influence he had upon Russia, one must pause in admiration...
...coordination of such an addition with units already complete and varying among themselves is a delicate piece of planning. The many details that enter into the construction of an art museum and especially one for University use, from cork floors to linen wall coverings, for example, will involve a series of many conferences between, the architects, Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott and the directors, Dr. A. W. Forbes '95 and Professor P. J. Sachs...
...record its deeds in action. The first news photographer gave up his comfortable studio, built a little black wagon for a traveling .dark room (nicknamed the "What-is-it?'' by inquisitive soldiers), and took the field in his own uniform, a floppy straw hat and a long linen duster...
...have had a sentimental interlude with a native chief's son, has grown as beautiful as her mother. Orin's mind has become deranged. Peter Niles wants to marry Lavinia, his sister wants to marry Orin. But Orin threatens to air the family's bloody linen if Lavinia leaves him. Seeking peace in a "bottomless hell," he then proposes to his sister that they live together as man-&-wife. His reaction to her disgust is to shoot himself. Her fiance guesses, quite correctly, the worst...
Plann of the club, which was organized last spring along the linen of the Cercle Francais, include lectures or programs by students about once a month. The lecture last night was in English but subsequent ones will probably be delivered in Spanish. It is hoped to arrange a debate also in Spanish, with Yale...