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...noon, Professor Gulick will offer a few well-chosen words on the Greek Comedy, in Sever 26. Professor Post will discover Venetian painting to those who make Fogg Museum their goal. Professor Mather in the Geology Museum will discuss the evolution of mammals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

...Shelley, Keats, and violin. ... I am too tragic by nature. ... I don't give a damn about anybody. ..." Critics took him up. On the strength of his avowed penchant for philosophical thought, they decided that he was a genius. H. G. Wells was proud to meet him. George Bernard Shaw gave him a couple of hundred well-chosen words. Meanwhile, Genius Chaplin continued to put one foot in front of the other much as before. He sat down in eggs. He held babies in his lap. His salary became $1,000,000 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gold Rush | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

...President addressed a few well-chosen words to the President of the National Flag Day Association on the subject of the Stars and Stripes: "It pictures the vision of a people whose eyes were turned to the rising dawn. It represents the hope of a father for his posterity. It was never flaunted for the glory of a royalty, but to be born under it is to be a child of a king and to establish a home under it is to be a founder of a royal house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Jun. 29, 1925 | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

...their final ovation, with sirens shrieking, crowds cheering, orators expanding. Among the first to greet them was Major Martin, who commanded the flight at the start, 175 days before. Major General Charles G. Morton was there, representing President Coolidge and Secretary of War Weeks. He summarized in a few well-chosen words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Magellans | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

...best men we ever had on the Committee on Athletics. He and his well-chosen helpers have done remarkable work with prescribed athletics for Freshmen. He seems always to secure the right people to assist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAN BRIGGS WARMS IN PRAISE OF LEE | 2/15/1924 | See Source »

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