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...collection. When Lady Slane in turn hands over her unwelcome bequest to charity and a museum her children are furious but her own equanimity is restored. When one of her great-grandchildren comes to see her, to thank her for what she has done. Lady Slane is perfectly hap py, dies at just the right moment. The Author. Victoria Mary ("Vita") Sackville-West writes with such urbanity and aloofness, with what seems like such an inward eye of aged solitude, it is hard to realize that she is only 39. Like her diplomatist husband. Harold Xicolson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: German Ulysses-- | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

Last fortnight's obituaries of H. P. Re of Coldwater, Mich, said he had "the shortest name in the country." Immediately protests were made by Ed Py of Newcastle, Ind., Fin Ax of Indianapolis, J. Ur of Torrington, Conn., etc., etc. Then newshawks undertook to find out who really had the shortest name in the land. Baltimoreans dug up the name Tau-chun I, onetime Chinese medical student there, but they had forgotten that in China surnames come first. Winner last week seemed to be Aaron A, first name in the Chicago city directory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 3, 1931 | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

...members of the unit, which was under the direction of R. Coggeshall '16, were stationed at different places in France where they could be of the most aid: 12 men were at Clermont-in-Argonne, 10 at Somme-Py, and 3 at Rheims. Guy H. Lee '16 and R. F. Buell '20, both of whom accompanied the unit to France, were the originators of the idea, and did much to bring about its final completion and organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CONSTRUCTION UNIT BACK FROM FRANCE | 10/15/1920 | See Source »

...Somme-Py and Clermont, however, the work was more of an engineering nature. The men were kept busy making topographical surveys, laying out anew towns which had been entirely wiped off the map, and in designing various public buildings. As nearly as possible, the work was carried on with the thought of preserving the atmosphere of the small French town, but with the idea, however, of the future development of water and electric light systems along modern lines. But besides this, some of the men were employed in looking up and tracing old property maps and records to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CONSTRUCTION UNIT BACK FROM FRANCE | 10/15/1920 | See Source »

Game was called at precisely 3.10 Stevens taking the ball and the west end of the field. Hall started with a rush of ten yards followed py short rushes by both P. McKenzie and Raphael. The ball was then passed to Strong, who started to rush but was finely tackled by Upton. First down. McKenzie then rushed but was quickly downed without gaining five yards. Raphael then tried to rusll but Cranston broke through the rush line and downed him. This made the third down. Strong then kicked but the ball was stopped, Stevens getting it. Then both backs made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 28; Stevens' Institute 4. | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

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