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Yale's gridiron fortunes soared, however, during the 80's and 90's, when she lost only twice to her former patron. So bad was the situation for the Crimson that the Harvard Daily Herald was prompted to remark in 1882 which may sound familiar to 1951 readers: "Harvard cannot defeat Yale at football unless she consents to place on her team men who will substitute roughness for skill and professional enmity for amateur courtesy. But such a team will never represent Harvard and may never bear its honorable name. A few such contests as that of Saturday will blast...
After that C. Blevins Davis strode forward holding the watering can of wealth. The rocky pathway he had endured for so long turned verdant and fruitful, and headwaiters stepped forth softly to greet him and smile with lowered eyes. He became a patron of the arts and sponsored a show of new German paintings in Munich. He threw a reception and dinner party for his old neighbors, President & Mrs. Harry Truman, at his fabulous Missouri farm, frequently squired daughter Margaret to public functions...
Collins claimed that he met the art-patron-to-be in New York in the early '40s, judged him to be a man capable of social success and spent a great amount of time grooming him for future triumphs, introducing him to members of the 400, buying him clothes, and paying off legal judgments for him. Collins stated that he also looked over the social crop, got himself introduced to Mrs. Hill and then sold her on the charm and worth of his pal Davis...
Died. Ella Reeve Ware Cohen Omholt ("Mother Bloor"), 88, patron saint of the U.S. Communist Party; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Richlandtown, Pa. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...with plenty of money and a great yearning to be a singer. Realtor Weiler was ready to face up to the fact that he himself was no Caruso, and never would be. He listened to Lanza, then told the tenor: "I am going to have a career through you." Patron-Business Manager Weiler paid off $11,000 of Lanza's debts, canceled his current broadcasts and concert bookings, gave him $90 a week to live on and sent him to study with Enrico Rosati, then 72, who had taught the great Beniamino Gigli. In all, he sank some...