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...This is the flaming torch of life which they carried so nobly in the forefront of the fight and which now has been thrust into our waiting hands . . . to carry forward . . . until at last we all get home...
...matter of common observation that, although there are some students who come to college with an enlightened zest for intellectual pursuits and others who will be forever incapable of such experiences, there are many, not without potentialities, who go through the university unscorched by the cultural torch...
...Cannon fired during previous Argentine-Chilean wars and skirmishes were then melted up and cast into a mighty statue: The Christ of the Andes (see Map). On the South American Continent this likeness of the Saviour with Cross is no less esteemed than North America's Liberty with Torch...
...with sorrow for the passing of a cherished tradition, then, that Chicagoans read last July of the castle's sale to one Vincent Bendix, head of the Bendix Co., for $3,000,000. Mr. Bendix, they hoped, would neither dilapidate it nor try to carry the Palmer torch. Characteristic was the stipulation postponing his occupancy until the end of November, in order that, last Saturday, Granddaughter Bertha Palmer's presentation to society might be staged in its hallowed halls...
...committee in charge of the demonstration wishes to announce that everyone arriving there will be supplied with a torch, and that refreshments will probably be served in Boston. All Hoover supporters are urged to turn out for the parade which is a traditional feature of the electoral campaign at Harvard...