Word: bryce
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been thirty-three years since the first Godkin Lecture was given by the British historian, Lord Bryce. In that span many able scholars and political figures have carried on the vigorous spirit of Edwin Lawrence Godkin. These lectures are a tribute both to the man whose name they bear and to the cause of uncorrupt democracy for which he fought...
...born in Ireland, came to America in 1856 with an Irishman's love for democracy and an Irishman's will to secure it. As editor of the "Nation" and the "Evening Post" he maintained a tireless attack upon Tammany and base politics in general. When President Eliot introduced Lord Bryce in 1903, he said, "These lectures upon government and civic duty are in remembrance of a man who gave his life to the public through the medium of the press . . . Mr. Godkin was a man of remarkable vigor and great candor, and unremitting devotion to lofty ideals of public duty...
Herbert M. Irwin, Jr. '37 will be the Band Manager for next year, it was announced last night, succeeding Raymond G. Collins. M. Bryce Liggestt '38, the present secretary, will automatically take Irwin's place as treasurer and will become manager in his Senior year...
Victory in the semi-finals of the Ames Competition was awarded last night to the Wilson and Scott Clubs of the Law School as a result of their showing in the cases argued during the last two evenings against the Marshall and Bryce Clubs. The two winning clubs will compete in the final contest next February...
...cheer the writer (possibly subsidized) who disparages Woodrow Wilson, Walter Hines Page, Lord Bryce etc. etc. and who applauds the notorious People's Council, the Pacifist resolutions of 1917, Gum Shoe Bill Stone and all that ilk? This, your favorite writer for the week, also takes a sweep at Teddy Roosevelt, whom he calls treasonable! . . . Let all the patriots of any decade be dressed as punks and fools, let Judas Iscariot himself be painted with a halo. Let up be down and down up, and you have a Millis book and five columns...