Word: alsatian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...everyone knows, the condemnation for treason of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, and his subsequent rehabilitation created an international scandal almost without precedent between 1904 and 1906. Anti-Semitism was the basis of the incredibly unjust treatment which Dreyfus received, but the trial stirred animosities which penetrated to the very core of French politics...
...Club under the direction of Dr. A. T. Davison '06 will render several numbers. The program follows: 1. Overture Litors 2. Minot's Light Zeller 3. Fantasia Tehaikowsky 4. Songs by University Glee Club (a) The Gypsy Zolotarov (b) Come Again, Sweet Love Dowland (c) Fete Polonaise Chabriere 5. Alsatian Scenes Massenet 6. Tarantelle Tacchia 7. Magic Fire Music Wagner 8. Songs by University Glee Club (a) Now is the Month of Maving Morley (b) Chanson a Boire Poulene (c) Nocturine Cul (d) Sir Eglamore English Folk Song (e) March of the Peers Sullivan 9. Bacchanale Saint-Sains 10. Barcarolle...
...Connecticut Yankee has taken a back seat. A mere Alsatian, whom Mark Twain would have classified among the "furriners", has invented a device destined to transform the entire academic world. The radio, which has brought upheaval and strike to the musical world, the "smiling voice" and unctuous "Goodnight" to churchly spheres, has already found legitimate application in the extension of university courses. Grandma and Grandpa Applebloom have been lapping up Professor Whosis' course on the philosophy of transmigration and the psychology of the billboard. Streams of erudition have been poured forth upon the desert...
...smooth running of the conference was concerned with commercial treaties. In return for concessions granted to Germany in respect of the Ruhr, France desired to obtain solid commercial advantages for herself, particularly with reference to an extension of the Alsace Agreement, incorporated in the Versailles Treaty, by which Alsatian produce is admitted duty free into Germany. In light of a coming era of renewed commercial activity Britain and Italy were also anxious to conclude new commercial treaties. The whole matter became so complex that it was decided to hold a special conference in Paris during October to deal with...
...Another Alsatian, one Comrade Hucher, Communist, was elected to the Chamber. He can speak only German...