Word: 85th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Dewey, shy, sage Grand Old Man of U.S. philosophy, father of progressive education, quietly celebrated his 85th birthday in his Manhattan home, calmly reaffirmed his belief in education through scientific inquiry. Professor Dewey, who raised all of his six children by progressive methods, then recalled that one day his five-year-old son had turned on a kitchen faucet, could not turn it off, flooded the room, ran into his father's study and shouted: "Don't say a word, John; get the mop." Professor Dewey smilingly remembered that...
...Corps who had never before been in battle. He attributed their "tireless energy" and "freshness and vigor" to the fact that casualties were immediately replaced by fresh troops to maintain the corps at full strength. Later it was announced that among the reinforcements were the U.S. 85th and 88th Divisions-not only battlegreen but entirely composed of draft levies. They distinguished themselves at Terracina...
...Western civilization's safeguard against "slow and gradual decay." He also devoted himself to correcting misconceptions about his famed father, a windmill-tilting job. In 1934 he commented: "As I grow older, my faith in the veracity of mankind gets steadily less & less, and now, in my 85th year, is small indeed...
...duty with the C. C. C. This tour of duty lasted until 1942 when he was called to active duty with the Army and sent to the Chaplain School at Ft. Ben Harrison, Ind., as a student. At the completion of the course Chaplain Keller was sent to the 85th Division at Camp Shelby. In a very short time his influence was felt through the Division establishing himself, beyond a doubt in the hearts on the enlist- ed men as "the men's chaplain." This very successful field of work was cut short, all too soon, for Chaplain Keller...
Carter Glass sat carpet-slippered and ailing before a log fire on the glass-enclosed sun porch of his Lynchburg, Va., home. On Monday he had celebrated his 85th birthday.* On Wednesday a new Congress convened without him. The Senate's cantankerous grand old man was too ill to go to Washington to take what may be his last oath. The Senate adopted a rare resolution and went...