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...Philanthropist Robert S. Brookings of St. Louis. The 35 students now at this institution studying for Ph.D.'s and proficiency in statecraft, were admitted as having possessed the following qualifications: disinterested attitude, critical acumen, sense of reality, practical ability, knowledge of literature, writing talent, eloquence. George Eastman, Rochester camera maker, has contributed 20 or more fellowships...
...While travelling through a community of Tibetans the expedition was held up by a religious ceremony which involved supplications and sacrifices to a living man believed to be a reincarnation of Buddha himself. The deity was induced to pose for my camera and I was able to bring back a living record for the silver screen...
...From where our highest camp was stationed we could watch them climbing and with the powerful telescopic lens of my camera I knew that I would be able to take pictures of them even at the very top. The lens were good for the distance of two and a half miles...
Captain Noel was official photographer of the 1924 expedition. By the aid of telescopic lens his cameras took pictures of Mallory and his companion Irvine as they climbed up and up through the snow and ice over a mile away from the watchers. With oxygen tanks strapped to their backs, necessary because of the highly rarified atmosphere. Mallory and Irvine struggled on until they dwindled to black pinpoints in the camera's lens. At times blasts of snow and wind hid them completely from sight. Finally, 800 feet from the top, they were obscured by a stronger gust which lasted...
...direction is not equal to the task of stressing one character. We are thinking now of "The Last Laugh" in which everything was subordinated to the person of Emile Jannings in the guise of an old wash-room attendant. Director Murnan by keeping him continually, before the camera game him a chance to reach the hearts of his audiences. American direction with the same opportunity buried Mr. Schildekraut in a pile of uninteresting detail...