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Joseph P. Tumulty, Secretary to the late Woodrow Wilson: "I made a speech at a Woodrow Wilson memorial service in Brooklyn. Said I: 'They called him cold when he was only shy. They called him austere when he was only gentle. Those who execrated Woodrow Wilson, who cried "Crucify, Crucify," those who knocked, knocked at the door of his sick room, spying upon a weary President, pursuing him like a deer set upon by snarling hounds, are now in the shadow of disgrace.' Applause cut me short. Then I went on: 'Are resting under the blight and stigma...
...Simmons' expedition is financed by Mrs. Elizabeth B. 'Blossom, of Cleveland, for whom the schooner is named. He has chosen his personnel for specialist efficiency and general ability. It includes Robert H. Rock well, of the Brooklyn Institute Museum, taxidermist, who will mount groups of the island wild life; W. Kenneth Cuyler and Allen L. Moses, collectors, who will prepare the skins. Mr. Simmons himself will devote much time to the many rare and tropical birds - the sheerwater, gannet, booby, king and emperor penguins, jackass, manofwar, albatross, etc. Experienced navigators and sailors, all college men with scientific training...
...Crimson matmen continued their brilliant winning streak under Coach Lewis' successful direction by over whelming Brooklyn Polytechnic institute on Saturday to the tune...
...clock this afternoon the University wrestling team will oppose the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in the fifth meet of the season. Two changes in the usual Harvard lineup were made necessary by the fact that the Brooklyn heavyweight and 175-pound man were injured in practice this week. In place of these bouts there will be two matches in the 115 and 145-pound classes. Milton Krook '25 will represent the University in the 115-pound class while Hill of last years Freshman team will wrestle in the second 145-pound match...
...Southern accent. He attended Hamilton College?this he holds a bond in common with Alexander Woollcott, the increasingly weighty dramatic critic of The New York Herald. As a bitter and somewhat bumptious critic Mr. Weaver made his early reputation on the Chicago Daily News. His columns in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle have been characterized by fearless honesty and a remarkable freshness of expression. Certain of his critics have intimated that Mr. Weaver was and is the only extant member of the so-called "Younger Generation." This is, perhaps, unjust. Mr. Weaver grows old slowly; but he is growing older...