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...portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Feke, the American painter, is the feature of the Eliot House library. The picture, which hangs directly over the fire-place, is the earliest known portrait of Franklin. On either side of it are paintings of Sir George Downing and of Robert Bacon, Fellow of Harvard University from...
...discussion outline issued last week by the Conference on Preparation for Marriage & Homemaking of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, prepared for leaders of young people (16 to 19 years) in church study groups, Hi-Y clubs, Girl Reserves and summer conferences. Edited by Dr. Benjamin Severance Winchester, educational secretary of the Federal Council, the outline was prepared by representatives of the churches, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the American Social Hygiene Association and the American Eugenics Society...
...composograph" (faked picture) with which the Macfadden tabloid Evening Graphic used to sensationalize the news. "Composographs" are rarely used these days to simulate actual news photographs. The energy of news photographers and the license taken by tabloid editors make such devices unnecessary. When the trussed and battered body of Benjamin P. Collings was washed ashore on the sands of Long Island last week (see p. 17). News and Mirror obliged by printing large, close-up pictures of the muddy corpse as it lay on the beach. That put them one jump ahead of the Evening Graphic, but not for long...
...Benjamin B. Greer resigned as president and a director of New York Air Brake Co., was succeeded by Lowell R. Burch, previously chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Greer was made president in 1925 when he was chief operating officer for the receivers of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. He has also been with Colorado & Southern and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy...
Twenty-three of the awards are made for travel abroad. Six research fellowships in the Law School; with a total value of $15,750, were announced as follows: the Judah Philip Benjamin Research Fellowship to B. H. Pollitt of Newark, N. J.; the Sidney Thompson Fairchild Fellowship to P. E. Bryan, of Emery University, Georgia; the Brandies Research Fellowship to A. L. Harding, of Dallas, Texas; and three unnamed research fellowships in the school, to P. A. Freund, of St. Louis, Missouri; G. V. Head of Columbia, Missouri; and J. J. Smith, Jr., of Meridian, Mississippi...