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Died. James Clarkson Gillmore, 72, last Commodore in the U. S. Navy (rank became extinct in 1899); in Washington, D. C. When Filipinos took him prisoner during the Spanish-American War he was lined up to be shot, refused to have his hands tied, said: "It is not a fit way for an officer and gentleman to die." His captors debated, were interrupted by a rescue party, finally released...
...possible that there are ways of spending a more strenuous few days than Commencement Week in Cambridge, but they must be comparatively few. Leading the list of such exceptional pastimes would rank the activities of the men who will man the Crimson sweeps on the turgid waters of the Thames tomorrow. Fortunately, from this point of view their number is small, but since it follows quite naturally that the reward is sweet in proportion to the number which shares the same, we pause to commiserate but remain to applaud. You nine men of the crew, all honor...
...very happy to take advantage of this occasion to say a word with reference to the presidential succession. . . In the three years since he joined our teaching force there has been one of our colleagues. He is a scholar of the first rank, a man of strong, true character, with humor, vision and a deep spiritual, nature. He will be a wise administrator, fitting with exceptional adaptation into the traditions of our college. I predict for his leadership a success in keeping with that of the best of his predecessors...
...aristocracy ; and I therefore wish to apply it with all possible emphasis to the letter appearing in your issue of June 13, and signed by Cyril D. H. G. Dillington-Dowse of London, His insinuation that "the Yanks, a nation far removed and by no means of the first rank. . . found themselves in 1914-1918 too proud to fight" is a foul and slanderous...
...name of Thomas Mann is nowhere near as famous in this country as that of Schnitzler or Wassermann; but in Germany, Herr Mann's novels rank as easily the peers of any written by these other men of a more cosmopolitan appeal. The recent appearance of four of his works in English translations has aroused some interest among discerning readers. The following article was written especially for the BOOKSHELF by a family friend and fellow-townsman of Herr Mann's.-Editor's Note...