Imaginary Interviews: Oct. 8, 1923

Mary Garden, opera star: " I returned from Europe. Said I: 'I adore Bill Tilden [W. T. Tilden, II, national tennis champion], and he insists that I shall play in a match with him. . . Billy is a dear. . .'"

John H. MacCracken,* President of Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.): "I announced that the Lafayette College faculty voted to compete for Edward W. Bok's $100,000 American Peace Award. A special committee will invent our plan. The Peace Award circularized all universities, colleges, law schools, inviting entries. Lafayette was the first to respond."

Henry...

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