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"PAGE TWO
THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, APRIL 7. IM
News Item ";
Politicans Begin
To File Petitions
ALFRED C. LANE
Geology Professor
Tufts Is Sigma
Xi Speaker
Concluding Mint the earth is two
billion uiul two years old because
someone told him two years ago that
it was two Mllio;n yepi-H1 old, Dr. Ail?
fted C. Lniie, professor of geology
at Tuft s College. Massachusetts,
spoke under the auspices of the Rice
>iranch of Sigma Xi, national honor-
ary science Organization,. Friday in
the physics amphitheatre.
\ whimsical. white-haired man. the .
o> ofe-stn cdivtpurtM the sff'termilmtion'
of the th'(> age by means of eiosion
to t stiui^tmg thto Kj« pi a fiiorjie liy
the aiu.Juiit of woar oit fe,pt«|fc He
'itlisli computed the i'ltrth'j? strata to;
"if| t''V his1,lecfurt\on'"Does{
.Mother Karih ^ho:W, Her. .Ay-'t-.1"*
Bi'rcjjd to .resign. from:'the
<,'i>!!!•;.«faculty in K!y<t;:i;|ue to,"11 the
teacheir'i ■ o.tih lwt'I pel -viwiol to tt'-J
tbin lo Ute ^fmilijfi'hljitot .tiiiV.t' )iMu'
a- JO'M.HI' emeritus. l)i. Lane holds
U. V./M. A.. ami I'll p„ degfees front
11ai \ a: d 1 'niv.ct sity, Besides being
oV 'I .V'5ic-ni\i:-' tOM-most gioipjfiiitS;
■■■' i- in iiv.i-ifi J )o!i vu -eimi'mmcs',
itiio 'rrlvgioiiV undo; takn.y
Played For Rice
' '• # # # *
German Students
By Sam Brock
For w. B.
Who never knew
For the benefit of five Bice stu-
dents, the Houston Symphony Or-
chestra played the Prelude to War-
ner's opera, Die Meistersinger, Mon-
day and Tuesday nights at the Music
Hull.
The five students are luumliers of
l.i i'. Mux Ftound'a tJermun 400 class.
w hieh has been l eading' the libretto Iliterary
to Wa^nei'V, Meistersingeri j lions." i
A letter from l)r fYettpd'tp'Krnst I ———
Hoffman, conductor of the orchestra, j "To suy to the painter that Nature
ciUjsvd the1 Ph.dude to Die Meister- j '* tf> be.'taken as she is. is to say to
"The masterpiece should appear as
the flower to the painter—perfect in
its bud as in its bloom—with no rea-
son to explain Its presence—no mis-
sion to fulfil—a joy to the artist—
a delusion to the philanthropist—a
puzzle to the botanist—an accident
of sentiment and alliteration to the
man."—Whistler's "Proposi-
i singer lo be
played.
! the player thut he may sit on the
piano."—Whistler's "Ten O'Olock."
CHEMISTS HEAR
DR. E S. BOOTH
W
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people, and flights of birds, which
"though they enliven the design" us
the Penneils say, "have no t{|$ljj$ru)lh-
ical value." l.'uuble to stand it any
longer, Whistler: in Feliru-
ary of 1855.
Still, ; he was a man now anil had
to work. His mother got him a job
in a Baltimore locomotive works. His
heart wasn't in it at all. He strayed
through the office once or twice and
sketched from the books of other em-
ployers and that was all,
killed his portrait, offered to ton# painting was very Interesting. The thirtieth of the canvas. The faint
down he was accepted.
Fortunately — or unfortunately —
leave London during
the job. Whistler's toning-down fail-iette
canvas was placed up beside the sit-
ter, and Whistler retired to the op-
posite end of the room with his pul-
ed, but he hud other ideas . Slowly
he begun to cover the walls with
blue und gold peucocks.
He was curried away with him-
.self. He talked to nothing else at the
club. People begun to wonder about
that fabulous room, Whistler asked
a few friends in to see it. They re-
turned With more friends. It became
fashionable to drop by in the after-
noon tii set' the progress.
Princess Louise cume. Whistler was
bidding a reception. And then came
the debacle. Leylund returned. There
was a (lUaiTel over terms and u pam-
phlet Whistler had issued,
Whistler finished the room with
Every half-hour or so he would
spring up and, dashing up to the cun-
vas, he would put on a spot or two
of paint with a saber-like stroke of
his brush.
Obviously such a method required a
great deal of time. And whut is more,
Whistler often would start Over again
if anything displeased him. One child
whom he was painting was posed for
successively by her younger sisters
nd the little .girls of friends until
she hud gone to America, had five
children, and returned to London to
find Whistler still painting her por-
trait.
Whut was so agonizing about such
art. Paris was the only place, and
he left America forever,
N ARRIVING in Paris',' Whistler
■ the Peacock Room.
II1STLKK WAS not born. Other
men were born, but Whistler
I came from on high—or so he told an
i, inquisitive. model, As the gift of the
) tods it: is not unnatural to suppose
him to have come to earth from on \J «micred the studio of Mare Cloy re, ,. ,
I high: The only unfortunate part; of thu historical painter. He got from ' to ,K!mv\ ft?# Wh'St;
the incident was that he cume to Low. his palette, but for: the resti V' Jf . . "§T:
oil, Massachusetts, and not to St. jf* kwmd nZ, from Degas, Fantin- ' Urn"K M 0 Kthi' 1'" 10 focUB
::i"' ■'' ■ '■ ■ " ''|;ih^^:t';y^fton., another .p^rt.v,:
This device is undobutedly clever.
his greatest panel, two superb pea-|iollir waits wus that the portraits ul-
while one f8;j:;wiip '
broken bag of
lost one of his
He quit the works, too. Still, as. , r.,; , .
Laver says, "Baltimore pleased hint V'. * ,'U
sufficiently to be adopted us one of :. ^UU f "
his birth places." Whistler was now! v"Ui- , VVIf1hm , 1 !
firmly decided that he would study! v'" >' Ijatronn. but he had created
FKKHAPS Whistler's most noted
etching is The Black Lion Wharf,
>'hii'h I discuss because it's too
Professor at Western
Reserve Explains ..Petoi'stuirg, or even Baltimore, as he
« . • « , oi'ten tried to convince the world he
Micro Method im,L
jler's mother was Anna Mathilda Mc-
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, , , . ,. I he father of Whistler was a Major
lUcomplete analysts ol (;t.^ Washington Whistler. Whist-
-in ti'.im the niiiiute ptnticle.s Iclt
\vJo ii tin' i-<iiit was nibbed across a
.•'•oimd. [rlass niicrosc.,|ie slide. Dr.
IIaii,.l S. Hoo.th, piSitessot nf chein-
p lieservo University , WWitlUli. ■ hy Tsn). Ni(.h(1.
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Mieili ® an -nristocratic Baltimore Cam-,
il\. Whistler's family had
' if guild fortune when, in IS42
I$f§®
Latouf, and the other .invpressi^'iists i *
tluin .he: did :fr6m hi|! hontinal ttiuis-1
ter,
The objection is that one is so eon-
1 ,'nsed at seeing the complete aiUsitp-f'
. ,
'sponsible ..Atttl very BiihetVtjan, \Vhep1 s t'bif^foreground - that the fore-
he lacked/paiiit he: would walk up. 1H1 mitti receives all the attention that
'BW"™ 'lloMI!,las8l™!i "*•l'"1"■■ jw.iu t hate gone dilsewhofbJ One of
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in ::| y .:!.■.inoi-'sriini'i'-- eluniv'siry;
tvi physi. al rlii-MHi!;
11 11 in )• i.iiiy. oil ir.c.tT riiat'n-
■ ■ ii:11 i.f ||e d< ' i:i Hiruavion'.
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Milli foil,, A ill!: t:lK iliit.iat.'ntl nf
tm i-.iVr.-' in t it'- f:tenlt.y I'liamliei'
Tli.;;buy/I.
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I I'cti-i-sburf; to Alosciiw . Tile salary
p,ir ;inml,1i:.i,Was; entici,tg;nd
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hall, i
<hi'ii\isti;. . lei tuii
tiM) roin .dialysis a.- an r\-
,f 'iii' Muul'l aniouitt ,.f.ivagnjit
a:y. i:i ' c'heiuii al, ini>:rns(-ii|i,V.
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1.11. IfftoMH l'"'int.•<! .Hi.t that thi; otiVCr
a.i\ .ititat'i- (ii o lii'iarv
; htttiu-ai v'if1 i xf.ivme
V\'i.-i king' fo.'- wii--atid a half days
> a) a(|. !liU l pfHI lJi 1" til '-OIH'Mltd iT;
■ .Ii-U" iijii'iii,:- oiiiy thlpt -t'ooi tii- iif t.hr
' ubrfiisnais ■'ifi.'-ijui'i utikriown *.iust w .e;
(•■•/•in-pi. -cly aiialy'y.i',1 iiy th«-• irti<T«.
{'nWhoti'l'!. nnij Nno . nd a n.vlt 'Htjus's1
Tin- .isiitiin i usy of the science is in
: "t r<in!.|i>■■••ti.i.',tingi" | in induct ra!ial
■ I'iiimi.-'. y. I >ol'oets in illi-tals. puirits,
Majoi' Wiiistlor moved his family to
St, I'etei'-boru'.
\ HIS new home Whistler lived
like a voiiii'j |iriitce. He had :t
Swedisli tutor and a gOMu;ticfis as
■veil. Ilis days were spent in study-
inn' t'lireieti ianvruages, geography
the Bible, and. after 1 S4fi, art
ii'T M'liool in uhieh lie was entered
ways looked finished, because of
Whistler's peculiar method of paint-
ing. He painted on the whole canvas
at once; that is to say, he painted I
the figure und background in the
first sitting und ut ettch sitting there- j
after he brought the picture into a;
little better focus.
THE IDEA of the Mother must have j
struck Whistler ruther suddenly:
for it is painted on the back of an un-1
finished canvas. Whistler adored his
mother and it is well that they can
both be identified together through
eternity as "Whistlermother."
It is not so well, however, that I
many of the noblest men of the state
light that is allowed to f ll on the
floor suggests thut Sarasate is ;|n tt
darkened concert hall just as Un aud-
ience might see him,
The Sarasate himself is perfectly
poised with his violin. Just as Whist-
ler said, "All is balanced by the bow,"
It points off into distance which it
seems to suggest without leading the
observer's eyes uway from the mar-
velous eyes which Whistler has given
Saraste,
It is for the eyes thut I udmire this
portrait. To me they seem the finest
mun lias evei' put on canvas.
in ItHKi the figure of a trim little
man with sutyric eyes, puintcd cheeks
pastel bows on his tiny patent-leather
dancing shoes, und a dainty wulking-
wuml two-thirtls his own height dis-
appeared from the streets of London.
Because of the artistic theories
which he practiced, 1 consider him
the greatest artist who ever lived.
■HKfairt
PIjSIBj!
Mi'wwr;
H
u felltnv painter's entiyus and . .. >WWf4 l" h"ve gone etsewnere. une oi seem to think thut by smugly saying,
a stroke Whistler1 AVas ravished! Malgnificent! n1^ I'l'ien.'is has written a character "Whistler? He . painted "Whistlers-
,2, Major ; While:: ,he gesticulated his ,!' thutnb i ||| the; jjailor in the foreground mother," did he not?" they have dis-
iaiHled |H fit-st. one1 .ianb of paint l':"'t>cular work. : \jposed of the man thoroughly,
.and then another, JSii'i, in he hud: enough il/tlKN Hlij wus ready to paint ul f$|j$ Portrait itself is far too well-
paint to continue his own work, the fy N'oelnrne, he took the brushes |known to nuu(l tu trou,)lu llf luil'u'
poor victim being too blinded by su- !„, had especially prepared bv melting'It; wus sl?nt lo tho Academy in IK72
perlatives to see the trick. .,|,e glue of regulat brushes so that an,t whl'" Sil' Willillln B,)Xa11
T1IK (iolden Screen is
ol'ite of the Japanese
my tav- thtiirs might be shaped over, and
threatened to resign if it were not.
■cries it- v.'ith these brushes he began to paint! Alllu,u«h il wus hun ' almost' 1,ut
ami a 'liai-d riv^| \'oy any of j;i the ranva* tluk pupils had pre- jnot 9°t siyht, it l.s said that
Whi.-tlei's other paintings. A youtm I'.t'.ed for him. crowds gathered lielore it and, find-
woinan, ioiinhil llefferman—an Irish! | he paint he used was uttc: Sr 't llti'te hilarious, absolutely
trii'l! is seated laiiguidl\ on a brown :,tue. Often he had to quickie flop loul'cd--the heavens know at what.
lhl.'.-ug. • the canvas down on the floor to keep lhe Mol,u'r' «'ith age, now
Her kimono is of. ptirpUr iind is Mi l| paint from running right off. : han^ "'ii'the Louvre us a sort of
■ei.Mu' the Imperial Aeadeiny of Kine "l'',''ll'n''' u il1' "inlticoloi ed t'lowei'.-; | |„. I'allinu Rocket is probably
a gieen "obi" is about her waist; nuil. Whistler's best known Nocturne. Two
there i« a cai eles- red seurl. On the • ti,wer< are vaguely seen and there
left of the picture, where llie model. i,s tViJijige arid si crowd of people on
A r'.s.
I lie Mii)i!'e.-sioii one gets from read-
ing in p mother's diary is tiuit his
■' j! e iuusj have tieeii a deliu'htful
."•>utul of .-ketehes, rides in sleighs,
•ri-ii'ling, and exquisitely shaded geo
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Hand fiakers is
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fb-.ler of
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S'uileiit.. riving i fti("i ■ 'hroau'l;
t ii>- Nat.ioi.al Y.-iifh .Vdininii-trJil.ioii
'ii'.ist. sijrii ui'i'si 1 iiA-1r■ s111r.inn. they are
I i. ii'id >?t.li: e ■= it ixr-t.i - ,
i v. :'"i: .'"ii'' "'.'i.'
"HoWlly Dll. " is : pecial event
• i.n-■ I...-,- Ar.ii'et it.' 1'oJluge' eal-
• :iiiaI . -SiMi.lii.'ii.'..-iVWir sp,H-iii!- idn-ri.t.i-
tugs "'i .ihat day,: :-ay
II ,vrii/veryonsii 'tin iniieti'
f.'i-.pita!. I'
u' i.-itjtt\l4\I. '!
v;|i.icli ili'ry.
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; ported. .t.Slit!
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i'i. 'MailiiJ!
iie.er^ixy ;■
j'ay ';y'oi.ii
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iKideats stage
li.bt 1 lay11 Itii'if
fihanclal «*!)-.
Vfir.iiJy ' riatho! i
■ u;if,;.i.ii;i',V of
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.drop;fn V.i vaviy.ji
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have
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•>: 'Ven ier • I'lirii ins may be found
; > i i • ■ way in relativelj shori times
and ' with i Vtrermy accuracy-
Tli.- Ii-.. tut'e was illustrated throov.'b-
mt |jy motion pieUires taken by Prjii.f
I'e-.'-or Jioolh himself and by I.nmierc
iantern slides in 'color showing the
rry-r<il I'i no ' fur nis of organic com-
pounds and. metallic melts on reery-
■ Iii lli/.iil.ion iltidei' polarized lifht.
fliioiiceiite. ultru-violet' light, and
thiiiiigh'■ a seleniie plat.,-.
I.>: Booth disclosed methods of tel-
!ii;y wlilie .at tile dinner table'whether
lJu.' "iiiitte)'" used is rea.l.!y. Iiiitter oj-
an oleomargarine i-ubstitnt.-. and
eJilrtllel. t.lie ire i;I eiiill is made friini
r;i\V niill;.
I lie dilTieuily is that tile micl.'W-
s'opes a-l'i; e.vtiemi'dy expea^ive. cost.-
itig a bout i.hi'i'e oi four times as much :
a, an oi diaar\ ' biidngiea! miiiro^eope.
:: ' -HoWjilig hj>: disctur': ■ phtiosoph(\
dei.'.i'ee from Cornell I'liiversity,
o'hi'-re he ua- Sage l''elh:,w and rlu-
I' .in. I i jlow. 11r. Booth is famous for
liavoie discovered euinpounds of fluor-
is .-eatvil, is a tea box on which are ;!ie left, the crowd being "felt
roses ami it white vase of pansies, ■ ather than seen."
and in the background is the golden ' la the background is the fallen
1(1 was and exquisitely siiaited yeo-, ,
t i', ,■ , , i ,i. sc.rden. About the floor are 11 iroshtyo racket it-ell Mini which the smoke
ipn\ map?. I litortunately the: . , , , , . . , . ....
• i i lonv'Pto.ts and the maid has chosen one and tunics, illuminated weirdly, rise
• istiei s HVie impoverished ill 1S49 . , , . , ., , , ' .
\\ l.istiei's Were impover
by the death of Major
I here was ni||1feg left, but to return
to America and try to get James
established in a. profession,
T1IK military
.... . , ,ot' them which she adJnires dreamily.
is., dreamily'" dope. Something about
tile face and attitude are suggestive
of sdhie of the: porti'ait busts, of thi?
tradition1 w'US so'! 'of Ikhnaton. ]:)fi:iliab.ly because
Strong In both the Whistler and: of the same di eaminei-s that I havi
McNeill family that there seems noted.
heyer Mo have : been mueii doubt that
uiHi.ei the
w-aS; |®fl|
his dining
Of this -uooin -were-
Siami-h
When
in Idllow's, Across the darkness of
t'lie foreground is falling a vertical
shower of spent sparks.
Tliis is a masterpiece of subtle at-
mosphere and dark abstraction, and
I should call it Whistler's greatest
Nocturne. It did not so appear to
UuskifeS however, and his abuse of
Whistler, over this little 17x23 can-
vas ihVolyed1 the two, in the famous
Whistler-Ruskin libel suit from which
Whistler got otic farthing damages.
PAINTING his portraits, Whist-
ler used very flat brushes with
, . , . MilEi "Princesse. al.-o.
.lames should'1:go into the 1 service.11 I :
:• ■ . 'I 1 .inllueuce,
1 hat decided, it only remained to 1 . TT , , , if
, " ■ ... ; ,, : w by a Mr. Leylatid il|
secure an aiipointmeiit to W est Point,:
,. , , gste ■ 1 ,roonii;
One . was -.seeuivd "through, (rforge'v i ;
,, , , ,v , ' lUiiholstered'. ill • expensi.se
Whistler's influence with Webster;1; .. ... ,.
. i, 11 . . ! leather wifcn gold I lowers
James ldllmoce, as "President, signed MM • , • • ,, t ,, ,, IT , r,., , , „
.... , . , , ,,,, .. . \\ he-tlti i, com darning that the walls1 long hand esi , 1 he actual process of
Whistler's apptantmi nt I he tutu re ' '
artist was, however, profoundly in-
liitlfiiretu "'to his, studies.: In lho-l
Whistler: was dismis'sed for defic-
iency yiiii chemistry.
At the time be was at the head
:iif "!iti:: class .'.in.! drawii'hg. Neverthe-
less, die had : failed chemistry coin-
jdetefy. |i|f j
1 The!.story iof his failure is an iu-
tt'l e-tiljg oi i I.'poii, being called to
di.-i'iis.s silicon for his exaniiliation,
i.kt uur Kxricjrr iiahi;i-:rs serve you
Second National Barber Shop
BASEMENT SECOND NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
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the
I' recediiig- t lie- I, un,', Ih. Poolh
M.'ii- eill-'i tailH'i! a- cUe.-t ol" honor
I .it I baii'1'11 I t'.ivcii by the St.iidcuit
; A !'f I'll litis "f.tTie \ liiiiricali Chemical
S-.' |e!.y at. the t'obeli House. The
!'■ 1 !|.r<-' '•'•'as held under the auspices
of the Soiii Invest Texas Ilivision. of
I .o d i a i, <i' y 0 n i y^i>s i t'y is'- striictii'ig } #'■, Chemical Society:; : ■
t'.'.'ivnty newy-tistriiiis >i't'sir^'' '' jfijUHXUajfi|JiJ
. : aiupu- Wl'A project.
Why viorri when you break
loiint.iin Pen in Pencil.' .lust, take it L,^ n,eii, who played oil the first tyil-
to tip' Fountain Pen Hospital, thev rt- |,.u(, te.rtn he coached.
pair all makes, filil J Kr<.s- lildt;., i
■ ' ' : 'd 'I be I'uivci sily of Chicago Spends
•.oi.ii.i.iitiu annually for research. , .,...;i
inOM ith ai'uon. one of tile im-i t eases I'eu'ali, "I am required to discuss
fo: oieriy thi'iiebl lo haw air diitely dlicoii. Silicon is a eas . . . That
,,,, coiiipoiind |'«-ili do, Mr. Whistler," the examiner
answered.
Whistler himself always {Kk'lared
iiart, IE:
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. ■ "l',i|pg" A1 tii rt, fir n i v t- f • is i ty of Kansas
: ; .l,i;t,ski.!,tb;:ill colttih, , has oil his fresh-
your|m,|n tiuun two players Who ai'd siuis
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I'jstabished 10Hi At the present time, there are Iti,-
Thi'i-shei. official newspaper jIIU(, iM the I'nited .States
iif sfliditifft , at the lilpei|il>tif,iitc,
Houston, Texiis. is published W<ipkly
fi'.om ', registriiiiidp 4^ ' in September
to i;::ipi).in.e,,ii'ci.'u')i.!.ii.t: M'|'June1,* except
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Editor Wayside 2059
that if silicon hut) been, a, gas he
timm have .. .a :.:rj.i'aj'oi:-ge:t,)i,'i'iii|:
[lii> ir.cidi'iit well illustrates: Whist-
!'ti,'s„ attitude toward \Vrest Point,
yythu h he lid't wit hout, a particle of
i osejifiincrit iigainst the school itself
or the Commandant. Robert E. Lee.
OOX A FTKR Whistlei' returned
from West Point, Captain Ben-
hani. ;i friend of Whistler's father,
got Whistler ill. job in the United
States Coast and: Geodetic Survey,
The training he received there was
invaluable to him in tile etchings
that were to come, hut he was not
-atisfied. ■■ 1 ill "• iJ'iii'J
lie was iirtalde to confine himself
to the requirements of the bureau,
for he often iidded smoking chimneys,
Working toward Ph. I), decrees,
— I'liiversity of Kansas students are
The University of Texas litis a col-j voting for a new type of ipieen—
lection of hair from the head* of j they'll elect an intelligence queen,
famous writers and statesmen
Harviird University students have
started a moVement' to,■ provide spec-
ial scholarships'' for citizens of Pan-
American nationk'i
The. avornge University of Wiscon-
sin mule student spends a week
on dat.e.s.
Mexico to leai'ii about the strange
bird, otus pinosus.
| Mrs, Frankiifi |). Roosevelt has ae-
jcepted the honorary Chairnianshi]! of
j the Intercollegiate Comtnittee to Aid
Student Refugees.
William Watson, Univfjrsity of
Michigan track .star, spent, the first
half: ot, the school year as secretory
to prizefighter Joe Louis.
Nevada and Wyoming have only
uno institution of higher learning
< oinell University has sent an ex-j Bill Kellcy, a blind athlete, is try-
peditioh to the inountaips of eastern ing for. a position on the University
of Pittsburgh track team in the high-
jumping division. His average! leap
is five feet,, five inches.
In the United States there are 076
endowed colleges and Universities
which have a total of more than $ 1,-
500,000 in endowment.
flu s'l miss Jit ii l iiige i
•'XefiTgir''OTW''nefe,Kr
f'ornell University has been given
a collection of early American fire-
fighting relics liumbei'ihg 50 pieces.
The 100 freshmen und sophomores
at (toucher College follow no less
thiw ri:4 aimvcwt TiOTiTOOT
EXCLUSIVE WITH BATTELSTEIN'S
v£&iSm8i&i
PERFECT forCasual Wear ThisSpnn^
LAZY LACER
Wear it with slacks in the
country or tweeds in town
for sports occasions or
casual hours. It's smart
enough for any Informal
time . . . and so comfortable
you'llwear it, as much as
posslOTc. Of chocolate brown
or tan oiled calf . . , and
features the "Lazy-Lace" .
Just tie the t'hong fastening
ind you are set to ro.
mi
With Ruhbrr Soleii
7.85
fly-paper for j American tourists.
1HAVE .saved till last the portrait of
Sarasate because 1 consider it
the greatest thing Whistler ever did.
Here are the blurred lines of con-
tour which is still contour no matter
how deeply: it is enveloped in shadow.
Detail is eliminated completely,
partlyi by the fact that the lighted
plane, consisting of the face, hands,
cuffs, violin and bow, and pan of
the floor, occupies only about one-
W
f
111
■
HENRY
KING
lli.s Piano and His
Orchestra
7)cmo<Ai4L
TONIGHT
Til,' 2 A.M.
F
For Now . . . and for Summer,
You'll Want One or More of These
This Spring und Summer
will find iiiiii'i' Well-dri'esed
men Weuring Spurt Kiikimii.
bleii than eviir before . . .
purtii'iiliirlv here ill Texas
where our rlimiile mukes
CiiMiul Clothes so thoi'.
oiinhly rnjoyillili' to wear.
We believe ill llieni, und
liuve ossenlbled un mi-
eipiidled col liTtillll of smiirl
Sports Cnutf and Slinks l
pleu.-e the most disci: i n i •
inatiii)! tastes , . . you'll
wunt to include ut least one
of thene in your new ward-
robe.
812 MAIN
SPORT COATS
$15 to $35
SPORT SLACKS
7.50 to $15
Men's Sport Krisemblus
Second Moor
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