Word: caesar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adjutant General: Julius Caesar...
Macaulay: ". . . There is nothing to stop you. Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. . . . Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your Republic will be . . . laid waste by barbarians in the 20th Century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth...
Because he believes that listening to the radio has given U. S. children sophisticated musical tastes, Songwriter Caesar last winter set out to provide modern words and music for classroom songs. Irving Caesar has no dependents except his mother and a dog (see cut), but he was brought into the world on Manhattan's lower East Side with the help of a nurse from the Henry Street Settlement, and knows the hazards city life presents to the young. Deploring the fact that for generations musicians have been writing down to the young, he wrote 21 songs, for which Composer...
Besides their warnings against the dangers of traffic, the Caesar-Marks songs are calculated to inculcate in children respect for law & order (The Policeman, The Fireman and the Postman, Too), practicality (Remember Your Name and Address), fortitude (Never Be Afraid of Anything). Observes Sticks and Stones and Bones...
...Teachers College pedagogs, who showed instant enthusiasm for his songs and will no doubt plug them tirelessly this winter, Mr. Caesar said: "Maybe these songs of safety will get me to Heaven when my hi-de-ho songs would be sure to send me to a hotter region...