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...Roman Emperor Maximianus commanded an officer named Victor, a convert to Christianity, to burn incense to Jupiter. Victor not only refused to obey but in a burst of religious fervor toppled over Jupiter's altar, smashed the god's statue. For his deed his right foot was chopped off before he was executed. In the course of time he came to be venerated as St. Victor the Martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. Years later his foot, now a relic holy to many a French Catholic, was acquired by the Paris church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet...
...Contest Board, by means of family proxies Mr. Dodge won a vote approving superchargers for next year's Gold Cup race at Lake George, N. Y., over the bitter protest of other contestants. Last week A. P. B. A. was sympathetic but firm. The Gold Cup's deed of gift forbids major changes in contest rules after a challenge has been filed. But A. P. B. A. voted to approve superchargers for 1935. Since Mr. Dodge had hoped to use them against supercharged French and Italian boats in the first international regatta next March, to be held...
...were entertained by the members of the Lampoon board at a dinner given for them. After many after dinner speeches, suddenly one of the editors of the Harvard publication embarked on the subject of the stolen fence. He said that they were all very sorry to hear of the deed and had set their ace of detectives on the trail of the evildoers. Mr. Bob Lampoon himself set out after the perpetrators of the crime and at last was rewarded with success. With a quick flourish of the wrist, he moved back the table cover and showed underneath, the missing...
...Association are understood to support the project, which if successful, will improve materially the playing conditions on Soldiers Field. President Conant and Arthur L. Endicott '94, Comptroller of the University, have been approached and both are in favor of the plan, providing that no legal flaws in the Higginson deed to Soldiers Field develop to prevent altering its shape...
...theme is a threadbare one. Young Margaret is wronged by smoothie John, way down in Virginia; smoothie John, sensibly enough, proceeds, to forget all about his deed, he being a soldier, and there being a war in France. He comes back, handsome as over, but still forgets, and Margaret and Sonny toddle along on their own. Finally, she dies, and this accident, plus the Stock Market crackup brings Boles around. The last we see of him is a paternal scene with John taking care of the irritable little Mistake. What would have been a blithery piece is rescued by Margaret...