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...philosophic disciple of Descartes' foe-Libertin Gassendi, who also taught great Dramatist Moliere. As a writer, however, Cyrano was definitely minor. Yet his Journey to the Moon, despite its preciousness, was an ably fantastic novel, compound of carica ture and philosophy, and the inventive "science" in it anticipated Swift, Voltaire, Verne. Even Moliere was not above pilfering Cyrano's best comedy-scene. A beam falling from an upper story into the street released Cyrano from a life of wenches, duels, shames, brawls, intoxications, fruitless ambitions, precious vanities - all of which, save the first, he actually blamed...
...Chicago, the Woman's Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert in memory of Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, wife of the famed Chicago philanthropist. In the spring, shortly before her death, Mrs. Rosenwald (with Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. Ernest R. Graham, Mrs. Charles H. Swift and others) gave $1,000 toward the orchestra's upkeep. Under Conductor Ebba Sundstrom, the orchestra played its thanks. Katherine Witwer, Gary, Ind., girl, sang...
...Chicago University, the president's house was not in commission. So Presi dent Robert Maynard Hutchins, 30, obtained from Yale last June, to be inducted in November, is living temporarily as the house guest of Harold Higgins Swift, potent meat packer and Chicago Trustee. A studio for Mrs. Hutchins, who sculps, was improvised over the Swift garage. Max Epstein, chairman of General American Tank Car Corp., who donated and for whom was named the Epstein Dispensary, has given some $1,000,000 for an art center. For teachers and pictures the university must look elsewhere...
...Utilities Associates, a group of light and power companies operating chiefly in New England. Out of all the rumors and rumbles, however, salient emerging points were: 1) That J. P. Morgan & Co. has undoubtedly become acutely interested in light and power; 2) That in nine months it has made swift and certain progress; 3) But that the public utility situation, even in New York State alone, should certainly not be interpreted in terms of Mr. Morgan's throwing the switches, breaking the currents...
...bank outside Manhattan, did last week. President was Arthur Reynolds, who is board chairman of Continental-Illinois. Vice-president was James R. Leavell, also a Continental-Illinois vice president. The directorate included George M. Reynolds, Stanley Field, Charles F. Glore, D. R. McLennan, Eugene M. Stevens, Edward F. Swift, F. Edson White. Christened Continental Chicago Corp., and with an initial financing of $65,000,000, the new company was designed for an ultimate capitalization of $500,000,000. Continental-Illinois Co. (the investment affiliate of Continental-Illinois Bank) took 1,000,000 common shares of the 1,750,000 initially...