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Family Man. When the Warrens moved to Sacramento, the Governor's Mansion (once the boyhood home of the late great muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens) was an ugly, grey, 70-year-old frame relic. Part of the roof had toppled off, the rococo porches had rotted, plaster had fallen from the ceilings. One Governor after another had boarded off sections of the 20-room house...
...scrambled for mounts until he rode War Relic to victory over Whirlaway in the 1941 Narragansett Special. Big stables took note: J. M. Roebling and C. V. Whitney put him under contract. Atkinson's dual contracts call for around $1,000 a month plus 10% of purses he wins. His income in 1943 was close to $60,000. Unlike most riders, he never gambles...
...Hall is now a relic neither loved nor hated by the students. Its fantastic Gothic architecture, combining a red and blue slate roof with a monstrous green clock tower, no longer appeals to the aesthetic taste of the twentieth century. To the unsuspecting Freshman it looms up on his first day as an artistic night-mare. Since the commons was discontinued in 1924, the tremendous nave is used only for registration, examinations, and Commencement. At these times the few remaining busts may be seen unreverently adorned with hats of modern style. Many debate the feasibility of junking the collossal structure...
This is no feminine suggestion that the combined efforts of TIME and Lilly Dache be dedicated to making the General photogenic . . . but, in the name of God and claustrophobia, get that man out of that inverted relic of the pre-plumbing...
Holden Chapel long ago outlived its religious function. Perhaps too, it has now passed beyond its active stage as a general handy room. Its main value now is that of a relic, a museum which exists in semi-obscurity, mainly in the minds of antiquarians. To the few odd souls, however, who appreciate its architectural qualities, there comes the hope that some day it may be restored to its original beauty and dignity...