Word: scionness
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...Nineteen-Niners could forget the bellowing, arm-waving German youth who won his first Harvard fame playing the piano at a freshman beer party. When "Putzy" Hanfstaengl first heard the Yale cheering section sing "Bright College Years" he cried out: "Why the Elis! They sing my Wacht am Rhein!" Scion of the great Connecticut and Massachusetts family of Sedgwick and the famed art-printers of Munich, he made the good Harvard clubs. But his Harvard loyalty and his German patriotism split badly in 1915 when he raised his cheerful bellow in Manhattan's Harvard Club in celebration...
...plot, and its ramifications concern for the most part the misunderstandings with her loved one caused by her parents' desire to marry her to a man in her social class. Gene Raymond as Chris Hansen is Joy's hope and pride but the family has chosen Jimmy Wolverton, scion of millions. Time after time in weary succession, Chris finds Joy in the company of Jimmy, only a few hours after she has professed her love for him. This round-robbin reaches a climax at her coming out party when she runs off with the capricious Jimmy after she learns that...
...Carolina" is the story of Will Connelly, scion of a decaying Southern family who strays from the old manse occasionally for an interlude with the daughter of a somewhat socially backward neighbor. Janet, for it is she, displays a combination of charming romanticism and business acumen common to the movies but strangely rare in real life. But do these virtues win her a place in the heart of Will Connelly's mother? They do not. The mother would rather see Will married off to an heiress. Nevertheless, the match is accomplished and Janet and Will add to their romantic success...
Seeking Divorce. Anne Ludlow Cannon Reynolds Smith, 23, daughter of Towel Tycoon Joseph F. Cannon, first wife of the late Zachary Smith Reynolds, tobacco scion; from Frank Brandon Smith Jr., Charlotte (N. C.) hardwareman; in Hot Springs, Ark., whither she was accompanied by vigilant Father Cannon...
Students. But great masters are only half the Conant formula for Harvard's future. He wants the best apprentices too. Under Abbott Lawrence Lowell, scion of a rich and ancient Boston family, it could be argued that Harvard had become a "rich man's college." James Conant was born in unfashionable Dorchester, Mass., son of a photo-engraver. He has made himself an intellectual aristocrat. Under him Harvard's favored sons will be, beyond argument, the rich in brains...