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...letter written in 1899 by Major H. L. Higginson Hon '82 urging the foundation of a club to help social life and hold together the students of the University" was read by Mr. Wigglesworth as the basis of his address. Characterizing this letter as the "charter of the Harvard Union", went on to tell how the Union had become the center of social life in the University, affording opportunities which it was impossible for any smaller organization to provide...
Outside the Royal Family bequests were made to the Earl of Derby, his racing partner; the Hon. William Lambton, famed trainer; Colonel James Forbes. Bequests of about $1,000 go to each of 50 of Earl Farquhar's "dear friends in the hope that they will accept them in the spirit I have made them, as the token of my affection, and that they will buy a remembrance of me." Provision is also made for other friends, his stepchildren, his sister's family and his servants...
Lord Renfrew (a title often used by his grandfather, King Edward VII) stayed at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec for one day. In the afternoon he played golf in his TutankhAmen pullover sweater with the Hon. Martin Burrell and Sir Godfrey Thomas. In the evening he determined to "take it easy" but the strain of Yes, We Have No Bananas was too much for him. He marched to the ballroom and had fun with the flappers. Next day he left for his ranch...
Viscountess Grey of Fallodon has written another book.* Reviewers mention the work as " a volume of essays neither particularly attractive nor commendable from a literary point of view and below her previous books." Viscountess Grey was born Pamela Genevieve Adelaide Wyndham, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Percy Wyndham. In 1895 she married the first Baron Glenconner and was left a widow in 1920 with three sons and a daughter. In 1922 she married Viscount Grey of Fallodon, formerly Sir Edward Grey, quondam Foreign Minister and British Ambassador to the U. S. Lady Grey is a Fellow of the Eoyal...
...Arthur Balfour (not to be confused with the Rt. Hon. Arthur James, Earl Balfour), President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, said (in an interview) that he " would not change England's position for America's at present," and that " fundamentally the British situation is much sounder than the American...