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...Athletics for All'. It may even be right in urging, as the CRIMSON does, that the movement should not be abandoned to 'the ingenuity of the Athletic Association, but should be sponsored and financed by the University. In any case, Old Graduate will foot the bill. 'C'est son metier...
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Mary Cassatt was the sister of the late Alexander J. Cassatt, onetime President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. She went to Paris in 1875, where she studied art, becoming an ardent admirer of Velasquez, Manet, Degas. She has long been recognized as one of the foremost American artists. Her particular metier is pastel but she has turned her facile hand to etchings and oils as well. Miss Cassatt, the friend of many people of prominence, has been respected for her personality and her ability everywhere...
...unspectacular. "F. E.," as Lord Birkenhead is known in Britain, can be said to have started his career at Oxford. There, in the year 1893, he was elected President of the Oxford Union Society ? a debating society, the Presidency of which counts for much in a political metier. It was there that Birkenhead learned, as so many Oxfordians have, to speak on anything at any time with logic and eloquence. As a satirical speaker, Lord Birkenhead is probably unequaled in the world and few men have been able to face his onslaught with equanimity. In his early political days...