Word: butlerism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congressmen have apparently begun to feel they should follow her example. This week, despite elaborate attempts at secrecy, it leaked out that a number of them have been taking elocution lessons so they will be ready when asked to say a few words "back home." Conducted by Mrs. Hugh Butler, long a teacher of public speaking at George Washington University, the classes have been held weekly at the Congressional Country Club. Last week came graduation, and several wives carried off honors. Samples: Mrs. Harry Englebright, Republican from California, "most accomplished"; Mrs. Jed Johnson, Democrat from Oklahoma, "most improved...
Most of the contributors to Monde Libre's first issue were front-page names: France's Herriot, Daladier, Paul-Boncour, Petain; England's Lord Cecil and Winston Churchill; China's Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek; U. S.'s rugged internationalist, Nicholas Murray Butler. Included among the articles on the economic and cultural advantages of peace and democracy were pertinent observations about the efficiency of the U. S. air force, Britain's navy, France's army. Monde Libre will appear quarterly in French and English...
Roswell Brayton, Robert M. Bunker, Charles Butcher, Jonathan G. Butler, William L. Calfee, Thomas H. Calhoun, Jr., Wendell N. Calkins, Charles Cary, Daniel S. Cheever, Edmond Lab. Cherbonnier...
Winthrop's crew, stroked by Dave Shepard, lists Dave Stiles at seven, Bill Rechier at six, Pierce Butler at five, Lyman Burbank at four, Leo Randol at three, Bill Fletcher at two, Eric Clark at one, and Berb Barrett...
Nominated by the advisory board of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and formally awarded by President Nicholas Murray Butler in behalf of the University's trustees, the annual Pulitzer Prizes this week were awarded as follows...