Clark University - Pasticcio Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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1 llLIARK PAs'r1cc1o icvoli A.P. May 28, 1938. Dr. IsADoR M. TARLov performed a miracle operation at the University of Vienna today. It is said that this operation performed upon the heart will bring about a tremendous change. It will also give to humanity a chance to continue life beyond the span of years which now seems to be the average. A.P. Feb. 19, 1938. Editor GEORGE DAWSON of the Butte Montana Chronicle is being sued for defamation of character by one of the city's leading business men. Mr. Daw- son stated in an editorial that certain gentlemen high up in society were in reality the master minds of the great crime wave sweeping that section of the country. A.P. April 25, 1938. ' Mr. HENRY WEBER, who is in charge of the government weather office at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, has been made golf instructor in the Wah Wah Country Club, which is located twelve hundred feet above sea level. Mr. Weber finds that while playing golf the high altitude gives him ample chance for the study of wind variability and cloud formations. A.P. July 2, 1938. MR. GoRDoN K. Down and LESTER F. CROSSLEY sail today for Europe on the S. S. Leviathan. Both gentlemen are intending to study sociology under the most eminent professors at the Universities of Oxford and Berlin. They have been spending the past two years in research work at Columbia Uni- versity. A.P. Oct. 19, 1938. THOMAS C. GANNON has refused the red hat of cardinal and has opened war against the Watch and Ward Society for suppressing his magazine from the newsstands of the country. The title of his publication is No More VVives . Dr. Gannon has always been known for his liberality of thought and modern ideas. A.P. May 19, 1938. ' Mr. WALTER G. BASSETT is now known as the song and dance man and is appearing in the Blue Devil at the Gaiety. Mr. Bassett is a lecturer in Money and Banking at Columbia University in the afternoons. His versa- tility is remarkable and he is meeting with extraordinary success and recog- nized as an authority in his field. A.P. June 10, 1938. Mr. WALLACE LAMB and Mr. lWII,I.IAM FELT are engaged in graduate work at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Lamb is doing some original work in the field of international relations between Prussia and Sweden at the time of Gustavus Adolphus. Mr. Felt, while doing work in the Geography of the Scandinavian Countries, is at the same time studying counterpoint and harmony at the Stockholm Conservatory of Music. i271

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NQQIAHKPASTICCIO-197 A.P. Sept. 20, 1938. The Rev. AUGUST BERG is leading a movement for reform in the church. His plans call for greater tolerance and the eyes of the church world are upon him. Aiding him in this great work is the Rev. FRANK REID. Rev. Berg's book of verse has just been published, When I Was a Boy at Clark . A.P. Oct. 15, 1938. J. YANK SACHS, the head of the Eastern Fruit Corporation, has become titu- lar head of the Republican machine in Connecticut. He has made the party come out absolutely for the repeal of the l8th Amendment. His political opponents have circulated the story he has done this because of his vital inter- est in the grape wholesaling business. A.P. Mar. 7, 1938. NATHAN J. DENNY, Superintendent of Schools in Cambridge, Mass., made the startling announcement that for true appreciation of the Arts the experi- ence of youth should be used as a background for the true understanding of them. Especially, Superintendent Denny says, this is true of courses of study in English, where the line of demarkation must be most sharply drawn. A.P. March 17, 1938. V EDWIN HIGGINBOTTOM, according to the speeches of the various speakers at a banquet held at the University of Beirut, was declared its most successful coach. A strict disciplinarian and model athlete while in college he 'has built up an undefeated soccer and basketball team and expects to come to the United States with his assistant coach, Mr. Theodore Nicol, and encounter some of the best teams in the United States. A.P. Sepl. 24, 1938. JOHN TASHJIAN, the poet of college days, has been appointed by President Mogul, of the Armenian Free State, as ambassador extraordinary minister plenipotentiary to the Republic of Turkey. Mr. Tashijan has long been an admirer of the Young Turkish movement and will undoubtedly fill his post admirably. A.P. Sept. 20, 1938. The Rev. FERDINAND LOUNGWAY, pastor of the Manhattan Congregational Church, startled his congregation by stating that he believed the talk con- cerning young people's morals was incorrect. In his college days, he said the same fault was found, but he had found that the romanticism of that time was perfectly harmless. A.P. January 28, 1938. Mr. HENRY ANDERSON starts today to plead before the commissioner of baseball in behalf of FARRELL of the St. Louis Cardinals who went barn- storming last October. Through his familiarity with baseball Lawyer An- derson is in great demand. A.P. July 15, 1938. GEORGE N. EPSTEIN is today leaving on the specially equipped steamer, The Arrow, in company with Palentologists, and Geologists with whom he will work to establish the connection between the South American and African Continents by an examination and determination of the similarity of Hora and fauna on each. Mr. Epstein is the author of the article, The Great Connectives as Seen by a Geologist . l26l

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i NLIAHK PAS'l'IL'CIO- 1916, li i A.P. Dec. 1938. Mr. JAMES SPRINGS, with Messrs. HADI.EY, FALLSTROM and DURGAN, is doing some very excellent research work for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Messrs. Hadley, Fallstrom and Durgan are to be sent in the Spring of next year to the Mesopotamian oil fields to conduct a survey. Mr. Springs in addition to his work has been coaching the company basketball team. They have won 16 games and lost l to date. ' A.P. June 13, 1938. Mr. Joi-IN J. FITZGERALD and Mr. THEODORE DUMAS, who are members of the Faculty of Bryne University, are preparing for an extended tour through Europe this summer. Mr. Dumas will devote most of his attention to the rock formations of the Swiss Alps. Mr. Fitzgerald is to study with some of the most eminent sociologists of the Universities of Paris and Berlin, as he is to address the annual convention of American Sociologists at Chicago in October. His topic will be, An Immigration Law Based Upon Sociological Evidence as to Adaptability and Fitness for Admittance . A A.P. Oct. 10, 1938. REP. BOYDEN of the 16th Congressional District is receiving congratulations upon the birth of twin sons this morning. It is rumored that he intends to enter the Senatorial elections as an independent Democratic candidate. Rep. Boyden has a strong following among the liberal and independent elements of both parties in Massachusetts and has the backing of organized labor. A.P. May 2, 1938. Mr. CLARK S'rETsoN is now managing director of the Copley Theatre and has announced his intention of placing before the public the best plays of the past three years. He is a great believer in the ability of the theatre going public to support the legitimate play and of their inherent appreciation of the well written drama. It is hoped that his venture will be a success. A.P. July 9, 1938. NIL NIILES O'BRYAN, the eminent physicist, is to lecture on the advisability of equipping all vessels with the so-called blister in order that the number of sinkings of vessels during the winter months may be rendered negligible, and thus make it possible for the saving and rehabilitation of injured vessels. A.P. Mar. 15, 1938. Mr. IRVING STORER, who was noted for his talent while in college as a female impersonator, is to direct the Players Club of Omaha, Nebraska, in the pro- ducing of Lady Windemere's Fan. The tickets are already on sale, and if present indications mean anything the cast will play before a record audience. A.P. June 21, 1938. Mr. CHARLES CHOQUETTE, the silver tongued tenor, is to appear with the Dartmouth Glee Club as soloist and will sing the obligato to Nevin's Winken, Blinken and Nod. Mr. Choquette is particularly noted for his splendid enunciation. i281