Word: birmingham
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Knighthoods: Bernard Partridge, famous cartoonist of Punch; Barry Jackson, manager of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Hamilton Harty, composer...
...Birmingham News. "Guided by news values . . . business ethics...
Ernest W. Barries, the philosopher-scientist whose elevation to the bishopric of Birmingham inspired voluminous discussion last fall (TIME, Sept. 29), set himself again where the roads of opinion cross. He was preaching at Brighton, a watering place once more fashionable than it now is. Said he: "Human welfare is now menaced by human fecundity. The change from large to small families is not to be impatiently condemned. Victories in medicine and hygiene may be disastrous for public welfare unless the desire for many children, which is natural and until recently laudable, is held in check." The same evening...
...Birmingham, Ala., a Republican Vice President appeared on a platform with a Democratic Senator who will seek reelection in 1926. Mr. Dawes spoke in praise of Senate rule which would permit a majority to close debate. Then, turning benignantly to Mr. Oscar W. Underwood: "The leading proponent of this great reform is Senator Underwood, who has been for years a standard-bearer in a courageous fight for the reform of the Senate rules on the floor of the Senate itself...
Jeffries Wyman Scholarships--Erik Fritiof Bjerkander Fries 2G., Birmingham, Ala., A.B. 1921, A.M. February, 1925, Assistant in Zoology, Zoology; Joseph Milton Odiorne, Senior in Bowdoin College, Coopers Mills, Me., Zoology...