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...title comes from a line of Rupert Brooke, but is otherwise harmless--there's nothing Brookeian about the play. In smart and sophisticated fashion it tells the story of a great pianist who is as skilled with the ladies as with the ivories. His wife doesn't particularly mind his penchant for tarts but when he finds a cultured and knowing tart she gets worried and decides on strategy...
...William Rupert Maclaurin '29, of Boston, Mass., appointed Instructor in Business Economics. M.B.A. Harvard...
...dissatisfied young man was Howard Hughes, 30-year-old bachelor, nephew of Author Rupert Hughes. A pilot since he was 14, this ultra-rich young oilman and cinema producer first burst over the horizon of national attention when he produced Hell's Angels (TIME, June 9, 1930). Other cinema successes followed, but by 1932 Director Hughes had tired of Hollywood, turned back to aviation as a prime interest. Hiding under a pseudonym, he got a job as transport pilot for American Airways, managed to make one cross-country flight before officials discovered his identity. Next Pilot Hughes took...
...Bronx's New York Zoological Park appeared Rupert Merkl, 52, Bavarian-born, Ossining, N. Y. farmer, claiming he had invented a snake trap. Said Curator of Reptiles Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars: "Impossible. I have never seen an effective snake trap and I know of no poison that will lure...
...dance committee, headed by Harold M. Parsons, Jr. '36, has announced the list of patrons and patronesses as follows: Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Dewey, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Parsons...