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Proof that Veronese intended to paint Venus as a half naked lady rather than as a nude Renaissance goddess has been, supplied by workers at the Fogg Art Museum who have been using the X-ray to test the authenticity of masterpieces. The rays have uncovered the first version of the Italian artist's "Mars and Venus" where the figure of Venus was half draped...
...choice seems indicated between the old K. E. X. Club located at 78 Mt. Auburn Street and the wooden frame building at 68 Mt. Auburn Street, both of which are University property. The K. E. X. Club-house has been in disuse for three years, since the inauguration of the House plan, while the other has been vacant for nearly a decade...
...select list of 800 bankers, lawyers, manufacturers, editors, etc., etc. were receiving free a new kind of "inside stuff" service which may soon be marketed at $5 a year. It is the brain-child of the enterprising editors of Collier's weekly. Its title: "The Letters of Mr. X...
...X" is currently 15 different newshawks situated in strategic sections of the U. S. Every week each "X" writes Managing Editor Charles Colebaugh of Collier's a breezy, detailed memorandum on business, politics, public sentiment in his section. The editors select three or four of the most interesting reports, have them mimeographed by a process which reproduces their exact original form (color of copy paper and typewriter ink, marginal notes, penciled corrections, etc.). To maintain the illusion of inside confidence, the scribbled initials of CC (Colebaugh), B (Editorial Director Thomas Hambly Beck) and WLC (Editor William Ludlow Chenery) appear...
Biennially Calvin Coolidge used to board a special train, whisk off to Northampton, Mass., drop his vote marked with a cautious x into the ballot box. His electoral duty done, that President would then whisk back to Washington. In 1928 Herbert Hoover went to Palo Alto to drop his vote and hear election returns which put him into the White House. His ballot in 1930 was cast by mail. In 1932 he crossed the continent for the first and only time during his Presidency, again to vote and hear election returns which put him out of the White House. Franklin...