Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Author. St. Reymont was born in 1868 in what was then Russian Poland. His family was large, poor, patriotic. His mother and her five brothers took part in the Polish insurrection of 1863 against Russia. He, too, is a patriot. He has been telegraph operator, actor, railway clerk, farmer, even spent months in a Paulist monastery. His complete works comprise 28 volumes of novels and short stories...
...Author of Jurgen...
...Swanzey, New Hampshire, Annual Band Concert. Strange to say, even the old jokes which had been dusted off for the occasion were greeted with vociferous laughter and prolonged applause. Handkerchiefs which went up more than once to wipe away a tear were suddenly used to stifle laughter. The author has the heart-strings of the audience before him and he plays upon them at will. And his touch is elastic...
...first lecture of a number arranged by the University History Club will be given this evening in Conant Common Room at 8 o'clock. The speaker will be Professor S. K. Hornbeck on "Contemporary Affairs in China." Professor Hornbeck is a noted author of books on Far Eastern historical questions. His lecture is expected to be of interest both to history students and to men concentrating in government...
Bishop Headlam has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church. He is the author of many theological works, including "The Teaching of the Russian Church", and "St. Paul and Christianity...