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Early one morning last week in the heart of London the bells of Southwark Cathedral clanged to commemorate a distinguished act by an otherwise undistinguished Southwark citizen named John Harvard. Across the Atlantic in Cambridge, Mass., great scholars from the earth's four corners joined in solemn procession to pay homage to the school that John Harvard helped to found. After 300 years Harvard was not only the oldest and richest university in the U. S. but also one of the world's brightest lamps of learning...
Then up to deliver the most solemn speech of his presidential career rose 43-year-old James Bryant Conant. "Such a gathering as this," he began, peering anxiously at the sky, "could come together only to commemorate an act of faith. . . . We commemorate today the daring hope of a group of determined men-a hope the fulfillment of which was long delayed; delayed, indeed, until the lifetime of many now present here this morning. . . . But the real past which we salute is but yesterday. ... It is toward the future of our common enterprise that on this occasion we must direct...
Little pitcher with the biggest ears and part in the show is Frankie Thomas, 15, a solemn, bushy-haired youth of theatrical parentage who has created a large following in the past five seasons in such plays as Wednesday's Child and Remember the Day. An even younger member of Seen But Not Heard's cast is a puckish 10-year-old named Raymond Roe. In his impersonation of a peewee hypochondriac who gains his end by holding his breath for protracted periods, he rises far above his material, shows a natural aptitude for high comedy...
...rnberg he arose to speak at last-Der Führer. This year the haupttribüne or grandstand for distinguished Germans privileged to sit behind the Realmleader was 1,000 feet wide and the pedestal from which he speaks had become a lofty pinnacle. With blaring bands, solemn chanting, clockwork goose-stepping and dramatic searchlight and spotlight work, Adolf Hitler was made to appear more than ever what in fact he is-the Teuton Messiah. He had a Message this year bolder than ever before. In the final build-up of tense emotion, 400 new German heavy bombers...
Anon Mr. Quincy with his discourse, great in matter and delivery. He paid due homage to the early presidents of this college and to our pilgrim fore-fathers whose devotion brought us our present greatness. More ceremonies, long and solemn, and then to the Pavilion for the festive part of the precedings. My heart bubbled to see the spaicous tent, the garlands, the festoons. Clatter of plates and glasses formed a song for the celebration. Soon speeches by Governor Edw. Everett, and then toast after toast until all our heads were swimming merrily in the good refreshment of the college...