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...anarchist and eventually founded a school that should have caused most parents to turn away in dismay. Instead, Schoolmaster Boeke has become one of the most respected and respectable educators in Holland. Last week, as he retired at the age of 70, his school in Bilthoven (near Utrecht) was not only thriving, it boasted such eminent alumnae as the three eldest daughters of Queen Juliana...
Recently Chato won Old World recognition of his taste and good works with a showing of part of his collection in Paris, Brussels, Utrecht, Bern and London. Chato himself was on hand for the sparkling opening at London's Tate Gallery. The show's 79 paintings (worth, says Chato, about $14 million) ranged from gilded early Italians through paintings by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens and Hals, and on into a luxurious display of French impressionists. Included for the first time were 33 brand-new purchases which had not even been seen in Sao Paulo. Centerpiece of the show...
Tests Ahead. Though most delegates remained skeptical about the faith healers' methods, they were tolerant of their objective. Said Psychologist David van Lennep of Utrecht: "Healers are excessive egocentrics, while those who go to them have no communication with the outside world. When they go to a regular doctor, they are just put into a medicine factory." Jesuit Father Louis Beirnaert, a practicing psychoanalyst, complained: "We have spent too much time criticizing healers because they are not doctors and not enough time criticizing doctors who are not healers...
...latest collection of memoirs covers the years 1762-64 when Boswell, realizing that he was not going to receive a commission in London, moves on to study Civil Law in Utrecht. Though be misses England and Dr. Johnson's companionship, Boswell finds himself surrounded by all the nobility of Gorman Court and the Hague. Nothing could be more to his liking...
Convalescing from three eye operations performed in Holland, Eire's Prime Minister Eamon de Valera celebrated his 70th birthday in a Utrecht hospital. In addition to letters and presents, the Prime Minister received almond cakes in the shape of a 7 and an 0, and a cake (with green icing) in the shape of an unpartitioned Ireland. Invited to cut the cake, De Valera asked: "Why should it be up to me to partition it?" Of the hospital party he said: "Wasn't it a grand idea...