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Tsar Boris III is 29 and popular and is loved by the peasants as much as his father, Tsar Ferdinand, was hated by them. He is a good sportsman and particularly fond of riding and hunting. He believes that to rule he must hold his crown by deeds and not only by heredity. There have been frequent rumors of an " American visit" during the past two years. Generally he has shaken his head, laughed a denial, or said he was too busy, when questioned about marrying an American bride. The late Premier Stambuliski was very keen for him to make...
...should have a constant fear that he would ruin some pet illusion of mine by a vagrant flippancy?and that I should be tempted to attempt to knock him down where he stood. Yet from all accounts Carl Van Vechten is a charming fellow. He is fond of cats (as the world reading his books knows). He has lived much on the Continent (as the world reading his books knows). He is something of a connoisseur of the arts (a. t. w. r. h. b. k.). He knows the fragrance and the names of rare perfumes...
...exceedingly fond of his poet-editor brother, William Rose Ben?...
Naturally such a procedure would conceivably work hardships. There may be men in the lower two groups who are passionately fond of music and these unfortunates will suffer. Yet the "snap course" evil is worth diminishing and if this is one means to an end, the end will more than justify...
Freshman, your advisors, as you already know, are manifold. Not to mention fond parents and sophisticated friends in the Sophomore Class you have been assigned Faculty Advisors and Student Advisors, who will descend upon you like the "wolf on the fold" and whom you cannot avoid except by strategy worthy of a Focheor a Hindenburg. Finally there are the Proctors who are to hold office hours this year and of whom a wag has said that they will act not merely as counsellors and friends but as spiritual advisors as well...