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...seldom in the annals of the republic that two members, father and son, have left so marked a page in the history of their native state as these two. For more than three decades, the name of Mudd was a household word in the Fifth Congressional District of Maryland...
...opposite side of the question, Mr. S. K. Kerns '98, headmaster of the Country Day School, was well pleased with the ruling. "The new decision does not affect us very much," he said, "as our boys seldom fail to pass in June. Since Mr. Pennypacker became Chairman of the Committee on Admission things have been run well and intelligently. I do not know the reasons back of the new rule, but I think it is an excellent...
...alert dog the opportunity of pontifying of him, as he once did of a dancing canine. "The wonder is not that he should do it badly, but that he should do it at all." Fearful of becoming the butt of such quadrupedantry, the wise Dr. Johnson abjured wires, seldom removed his shoes.* Not so cautious was Roger Fry, proclaimed by many educated people to be the best Art critic in the world. He painted pictures and last week exhibited them in the Joseph Brummer Galleries, Manhattan...
Excuse Me. Polite farce is seldom exploited favorably on the screen. It is so much easier to be funny, flinging pies. Excuse Me disturbs the tradition and manages to amuse considerably. The plot sets down in an express train a couple who have not had time to get married because their honeymoon boat leaves so soon for Honolulu. Later, arrived an airplane to speed up the [situation. Rupert Hughes was responsible for the plot; Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel were the principal performers. Miss Shearer demonstrates that she can omit emotion and still impress the watcher as a leader...
...most interesting of the posters to be placed on exhibition is one dated November 19, 1838, and advertising the production of "Oliver Twist" at the Surrey Theatre of London. Dickens' always disliked watching his own plays on the stage and seldom attended them. On this occasion, however, his friend Mr. Foster persuaded him to go to the play, but before the show was half over Dickens could stand it no longer; so he slid down onto the floor of his box and remained under the seats with only his head showing until the performance was over...