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Acquisitiveness had shaped him from the beginning. There was acquisition, first of money, then of beautiful things. John Pierpont Morgan, too, was acquisitive, with the vehemence that made him grip life with both hands like a vase that must be held to be admired. Mr. Morgan had a very great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Maecenas | 11/8/1926 | See Source »

Orpheo--Adonis Performer on Goofus

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Crew Captain and Author of "Deceit" Praises Pudding Show---Goofus, Colonial Saxophone, Intrigues | 4/15/1926 | See Source »

If you hate to watch good dancing, however, come to hear that undergraduate Orpheo--Adonis, C. E. Henderson '28 perform upon his alleged musical instrument, the Goofus. It would not be fair to the mummers to describe to you this interesting invention. Thuffith it to thay that the Goofuth its...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Crew Captain and Author of "Deceit" Praises Pudding Show---Goofus, Colonial Saxophone, Intrigues | 4/15/1926 | See Source »

Wills vs. Weinert. The faces of betrayed men and of women who have died by violence wear, almost invariably, the same expression-one of weariness. That was the look upon the face of Charles Weinert, once known as the Newark Adonis, as he stretched out his gloves to touch those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Three Young Couples | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

That "Venus and Adonis" is an essay, written by Darwin on his theory of evolution, was one of the enlightening bits of information revealed in a recent Intelligence test given to members of sections in English A. The results of the test show a wide range of opinions in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recent Intelligence Test Brands Ibsen Play as Insect and Author as Villain Conspiring Against Washington | 3/19/1925 | See Source »

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