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With his wife, his son David, his daughter Abby and his son-in-law David Milton, John D. Rockefeller Jr. last week went to Versailles for the unveiling of a stone tablet inscribed in gilt letters: "At the close of the World War a citizen of the United States of America, John D. Rockefeller Jr., contributed by his magnificent liberalities to the restoration of the chateau and park of Versailles, the palaces of Trianon and their gardens, the Cathedral of Reims and the château of Fontainebleau. In inscribing here the name of John D. Rockefeller Jr. the government...
...drip into their lungs and cause pneumonia, warns against all mentholated preparations for infants' colds because the menthol may cause spasms in the infants' throats and choke them. To alleviate colds Dr. Hamburger advises rest in bed and a simple prescription equivalent of which is an aspirin tablet with a cup of weak coffee every four hours and a glass of water in between.* Nonetheless, he concludes: "More can be done specifically for pernicious anemia than for a cold in the head...
...rocket crescendo of Harvard's 1936 hockey fortunes burns out and fades in the night, fans turn their attentions towards the 1937 season and speculate whether it, too, will see a bold niches burned into the tablet of hockey records, or whether the team will fizzle through the season a complete dud. Although a prediction as to the season's outcome is as worthless as a weather prediction for Boston based on a recent snow flurry in Japan, a statement of paper potentialities is not wholly beside the point. And Harvard's potentialities are good...
...Freethinkers' suit was brought to restrain St. Paul's Chapel from selling any more cards, to recover, on the ground of fraud, 20 ? paid for two such cards, to assess Trinity Corporation $5,000 punitive damages. Also the Freethinkers sought to have a tablet marking a pew that Washington used removed from the church. Trinity's defense was that, although the prayer was admittedly altered, there was no fraudulent intent since the postcards gave the source of the true text-W. C. Ford's Writings of George Washington...
...friends and admirers among Harvard men, it is hoped that subscriptions to the modest fund necessary to complete the Memorial will be offered promptly. Mr. Walter B. Briggs of the Widener Library has kindly consented to receive subscriptions and to exhibit Mr. Shepley's beautiful design for the commemorative tablet...