Word: pupils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...diligent effort, she found Tutor "larkson looking over her shoulder. "How long have you been studying?" asked he. She replied: "Since this'morning." "It looks it," observed Tutor Clarkson. Last week Painter Clarkson went to Mrs. Mc-Cormick's exhibition, found that in the last two decades his onetime pupil had learned much. She had studied under William Penhallow Henderson and several lesser teachers. When the Spanish painter Sorolla visited Chicago he used Mrs. McCormick's easels & brushes, let her watch him work. But from the time she married Col. McCormick in 1915 (after divorcing Mr. Adams) until last year...
...mold his mind into stern channels the young Prince received as his first tutor General Nogi, famed for his bloody capture of Port Arthur. When Emperor Meiji died, Tutor Nogi impressed his pupil by reviving the custom of junshi (''following in death"). He and Mrs. Nogi committed harakiri. Two years later the Crown Prince received a: tutor the resolute Admiral Togo who had destroyed the entire Russian fleet at the Battle of the Sea of Japan and who remains alive to this day, telling the tale...
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...hand shook so violently the gun discharged, the bullet going into the floor. Shouted his colleague, no longer calm: "You heat head, put that gun away before you shoot yourself." Said the blond, calmer now: "Quit picking on me. I'm doing the best I can." Pupil and teacher left arguing, taking $5,000 in a briefcase...
...Holst, an Englishman and a pupil of Sir Seavy Stanford, has taken a profound interest in English folk songs and carols. He has made a large number of arrangements of them, several of which are to be sung tonight. His original compositions are known throughout the world. The Planets is thought to be one of the most effective of modern orchestral works. The "Hymn of Jesus" was performed before a number of enthusiastic audiences two years ago by the Glee Club. Many of his other things such as "the Ballet of the Perfect Fool" are becoming increasingly well known. Gustav...