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...talent as a poet is not open to question among Frenchmen, who look to L'Academic française as their arbiter of culture. Several times that august body has appointed him its laureate. The thing is on record as a matter of fact-which impresses no people more than the French...
...Winter did not come to this country to paint tenements. He studied art in Poland and manifested an interesting talent for painting. He left Poland because of poverty and religious oppression. When he arrived in this country he wanted to be a painter. He expressed the idea to some immigrant friends on the East Side, who thought he meant that he wanted to be a house painter. He was referred to a job and when he got there he discovered that it was a job painting a tenement house. Handicapped by lack of funds and little knowledge of English...
...baseball career as a pitcher with the Lawrence Club of the New England League in 1897. Later he played with both the Boston American team and the Philadelphia Nationals. He was later released to Toronto and it was while with this club that he discovered that his natural talent lay in catching rather than in hulling...
...superiority over Harvard. For some reason Harvard does not seem able to play football more than a little bit. But why? Harvard is a large institution with a good many youths in it; a fair proportion of them, no doubt, husky and fleet. She has a stadium; training talent can be engaged and can usually be found. Then why does not Harvard play better football...
...coach. It was feared that due to his appointment as this year's coach of the annual Technology show, his services might not be available. Mr. Lord has been handling Pl Eta plays with great success for a score of years now, and this fact, coupled with the talent which is on hand from last year's play, makes the prospects for this year's production very bright...