Word: margarete
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...figures as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, and a certain Mr. Boswell all occupy the stage for one brief moment. The action, it must be admitted, is slow, but never does interest lag. Only two defects can be noticed--a drawn out conclusion tending toward anti-climax, and the uncertain Margaret Mitchell ending...
...Princess Elizabeth the Sovereign, and last week her father asked Parliament to enact a Regency Bill under which, in case of "the demise of the Crown," the next member of the Royal Family in line for the Throne, "excluding minors" (i.e., excepting Princess Elizabeth, 10, and her sister Princess Margaret Rose, 6), should automatically become the Regent. This would mean that the death of King George would make his brother the Duke of Gloucester the sole Regent. This was a great surprise, for it had been expected that strong-minded Queen Elizabeth and strong-minded Queen Mother Mary would...
...Home Secretary Sir John Simon, long England's highest-priced lawyer, was forced by the questions of M.P.'s last week to advise the House of Commons whether or not the Throne would be inherited jointly by both Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Reason for this question: when there is no male heir to a British peerage it descends equally upon female heirs who are sisters, and the House was much disquieted last week by the thought that England might some day have two Queens at once, after the manner of the two simultaneous Kings of Barataria...
...Council amounting to $1000 for the current year as opposed to $900 last year were announced by Walter H. Page '37 last night. 1936-37 Cambridge Red Cross $250 Family Welfare of Cambridge 50 Boy Scouts 100 Y.M.C.A. 50 Salvation Army 150 Avon Home 25 East End Union 25 Margaret Fuller House 25 Cambridge Neighborhood House 25 Boston Emergency Campaign 250 Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students 50 Total...
Among the most valued paintings received was the "Visitation" by El Greco, one of the most unusual examples of this artist's works, the gift of an anonymous donor. To the collection of Florentine paintings three 14th century canvases were added by Miss Margaret Whitney, of Milbrook, N. Y. the water color collection was increased by a large group painted by Dr. Denman W. Ross and some of his pupils, and by a late work of Winslow Homer...