Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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On the night of Dec. 12, 1926, two men rang the doorbell at the home of Joseph Adams, 300-pound mayor of West City, Ill. The mayor, incautious, unsuspecting, opened the door. His callers took hasty shots at the 300-pound target, ran for their machines, left Mayor Adams dying...
James Smithson died. The clipper Mediator brought $104,960 in gold sovereigns to Philadelphia, where they were recoined into $508,318.46. Five U. S. Congresses tried to define "knowledge" and how best to "increase" and "diffuse" it. John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush were among those who contributed the basic...
Such a respite, however, was strongly recommended by Sir John Adams, Professor of Education at the University of London, when interviewed by the Crimson. He seemed to feel that the system might encounter difficulties, though, because of the fact that American students are accustomed to a paternalistic attitude on the...
As for Professor Adams's impressions of Harvard, he stated that all Englishmen are surprised at the antiquity and traditions of Harvard. He quoted one friend as saying, "Why they speak of what they were doing at Harvard 275 years ago, that's an old college!"
Professor Adams was also impressed by the masculinity of Harvard Square. "Even in college towns, women usually set the tone of the shops, but in Cambridge, a woman has difficulty in finding the object she seeks amidst the quantity of men's shops."