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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week in Cleveland, Bishop Frederick Llewelyn Deane of Aberdeen and Orkney, repeated a "bit of a jibe" about a woman (the U. S.) who rushed up to a kindly old gentleman (Great Britain), begged him to hold her baby (the League of Nations), then disappeared. Up rose Newton Diehl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bit of a Jibe | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

At this, Agnes Maude Royden made a few brisk remarks: "Really," she said, "I don't think God has the time or the inclination to worry much about whether I smoke a cigaret or not. ... I am opposed to companionate marriage ... to any thing except permanent monogamy. . . . When a marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Cultivated Evangelist | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

In another letter the English writer expresses his gratitude to Miss Lowell for a copy of another one of her books; "I fear I am late in thanking you for your kind gift of 'Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds'." The only known manuscript copy of this volume is in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

During the two or three weeks before examinations one can loaf or cram probably a little of both. It is true there is work assigned for courses and other work for the tutors. However, if I am not mistaken, the purpose of this freedom is to encourage individual study. It...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reactions | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

I am myself an avowed fresh-air flend. My opinions on the subject may consequently be a trifle over hearty. But certainly no one will deny that the situation in the library is not ident--is, in fact, deplorably otherwise. It is literally impossible for me to stud, in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Best Things In Life | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

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