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March 14, 1937

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DANCES TO MARK EASTER HOLIDAYS; Several Subscription Events Are Being Arranged for the Next Few Weeks; COLONY PARTY SATURDAY; Metropolitan Series, Held for Debutantes of Next Season, Will End April 2

By Unknown Author

Subscription dances that have been features of the Easter holiday season for many years will be among the parties of interest to younger members of society within the next few weeks. In several cases the dances in prospect will conclude for this season the series...

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Notable Births

Peter van der Merwe (cricketer)

1937Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (died 2013)[†]

Peter Laurence van der Merwe was a South African cricketer. He played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967, captaining South Africa to series victories against England in 1965 and Australia in 1966–67.

Notable Deaths

Lars Edvard Phragmén

1937Lars Edvard PhragmĂ©n, Swedish mathematician (born 1863)[†]

Lars Edvard PhragmĂ©n was a Swedish mathematician who made contributions to complex analysis, voting theory, and actuarial science. He succeeded Sofia Kovalevskaia as professor of mathematical analysis at Stockholm University in 1892, where his research culminated in the development of the PhragmĂ©n–Lindelöf principle, and later served as president of the board of the Mittag-Leffler Institute. His pioneering "load-balancing" voting methods for proportional representation have experienced renewed interest in modern social choice theory and found practical application in Swedish parliamentary elections.