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...depressing as soggy porridge"). His own big book runs to 986 pages, weighs 2⅝ Ib. Now 74, white-haired, deeply tanned, still vigorous, though saddened by the recent death of his wife, William Lyon Phelps is retired from Yale and Scribner's, contributes a column to the Rotarian, picks an annual list of "best books," writes few book reviews. But his influence is by no means extinct. Still one of the most popular of lecturers, he estimates "I'll probably average a talk a day over the next year." These include the ten or twelve sermons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Humanities' Playboy | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...might have been a visiting Rotarian being received in the Yard this morning by a group of brothers. There was hand-shaking and calls such as "hiya chief" or "good to see you back, Charlie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APTED GETS HEARTY WELCOME ON RETURN AFTER SICKNESS | 10/5/1938 | See Source »

Elected. Maurice Duperrey, French industrialist and linguist (French, Spanish, English, German, Italian, Esperanto); to the presidency of Rotary International; at the 28th annual convention in Nice. Backed by France's No. 1 Rotarian, genteel President Albert Lebrun. Maurice Duperrey breaks the longtime U. S. grip on Rotary International's presidency. Rotary-International's immediate objective: improved Franco-German relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 21, 1937 | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

Franz Lehar is not only a Hungarian; he is a Rotarian. The best of this gifted sexagenarian's melodies-lyrically proclaim his Magyar background. The Lehar melodic line at its best is marvelously cunning, fresh, deceptive. It climbs like a lark to clear heights, then swoops down and off in a breathtaking, unexpected course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 15, 1937 | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

Corpus Christi's interfaith venture, probably unique in the U. S., owes much to the calibre of its brotherly shepherds. Rector Munds, 44, is president of the city's Community Chest, its Planning Commission, and chairman of the Boy Scouts. Rabbi Wolf, 30 next month, is a Rotarian, member of the Civic Music Association, chairman of the county Red Cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Love in Corpus Christi | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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