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Prominent Figures and Oddities in a Piquant Era
A collage of brief vignettes from public life includes Drummond on Hunter’s unpopularity, Lord Kelvin backing the metric system before a House committee, and Col. Peters slated to retire from Virginia’s Latin chair after 46 years. Other items note Paul Jones statues, Sully-Prudhomme’s prize plan, a Canadian burial ground idea for South Africa’s fallen, a budding lyric tenor from St. Louis, and quotes from President Jordan at Stanford praising practical education and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kelvin
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
William E. Peters
University of Virginia
Champersburg
Countess of Tinto
South Africa
Pardeberg
George C. Carrie
Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church
Jean de Reszke
Mme
Lilian Nordica
Jordan
Eland Stanford University
Collis P. Huntington