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...last week through dealers to lesser collectors was born in 1859 in Washington, D. C. Migrating to England as a youth, Henry Oppenheimer went into "the City.'' became a member of the Speyer Brothers' banking firm. A generous and kindly Jew whose friends called him "Hen Opp," prosperous Mr. Oppenheimer soon began to acquire majolica, medals, coins, intaglios, objects of antique Greek and Roman art. In 1912 "Hen Opp" laid the keel of his collection of Old Masters' sketches when he made an extensive purchase from the Heseltine collection. Cultivating the friendship of art experts like...
When the War broke Speyer Brothers went out of business and "Hen Opp" retired, made no more money, bought little more art. With Zeppelins over London in 1917, Sir Charles Holmes's thoughts turned to "Hen Opp,'" who had helped finance the Underground, was called "Father of the London Subway." In his memoirs published fortnight ago* Sir Charles recalled how "Hen Opp" quickly arranged to store in "the unused station in the Strand . . . a perfect subterranean fortress . . . some 900 of our best pictures, with selected works from great private collections." Generous to the last in loaning drawings from...
...College Jayvees on the preceding Friday. The final score was 12-12. The summary: HARVARD NORTHEASTERN Gafney, Knipp, Sullivan, Fields, r.e. l.e., Hartwell Gardner, Higgs, r.t. l.t., Meehan Greeley, Foley, Kernan, c. l.g., Bliss Greeley, Foley, Kernan, c. c., Lavache Jones, Robinson, l.g. r.g., Ronzio Carman, Giles, l.t. r.t., Opp Berry, Olney, Brassil, l.e. r.e., Troup Pedrick, Waldinger, Owen, q.b. q.b., Rock Fuller, Garvin, MacFarlane, r.h.b. l.h.b., Gillott Higgins, Wesner, Weeks, l.h.b. r.r.b., DiCicco Fletcher, Brown, Reggio, f.b. f.b., Hintea...
...This is a house. Lowell's great mind conceived them. A cross section, that's the thing. No cliques. A homey spirit without any backslapping. That and knowledge are what Harvard stand for. You should be mighty proud that you will have the opp...
...team scoring, Adams House leads, with a total of 37 points as compared to none for its opponents; Winthrop House is second, having scored 20 points while the opposing teams failed to cross the goal line once. The complete standing is: Team Games Pts. Opp'nts Adams 4 37 0 Winthrop 2 20 0 Eliot 2 7 6 Lowell 2 7 7 Leverett 3 12 20 Kirkland 3 7 21 Dunster 2 0 7 Brooks...