Word: calling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago, Dr. Fosdick answered that even if men went to chapel less often than they did in his day, religious problems were being discussed on the campus with much more interest at present. "I have inquired frequently what subjects are usually discussed in what we used to call bull sessions among students. The answer was generally 'sex and religion.' I am convinced that a man's real conception of and attitude towards his position in the universe, his religion, and other fundamental matters are of more solid interest to the college student of today than they were 20 years...
Rentfro Banton Creager walked into the White House. Here was news, perhaps. Rentfro Creager comes from Brownsville, Tex. They call Rentfro Banton Creager "the red-headed rooster of the Rio Grande." He was a customs collector under Presidents Taft and Roosevelt and a gubernatorial nominee in 1916. He has been State Republican Chairman of vast Texas since 1921 and he was asked by Presidents Harding and Coolidge to be Ambassador to Mexico. Rentfro Banton Creager is esteemed...
After the prayer, roll call. Then Illinois got as far as the aisle. Mr. Vare did not even attempt to rise. By prearrangement Senator Norris, the parliamentary philosopher, voiced the objections of Insurgents and Democrats. The suspects "stood aside." In a perfunctory bark, Vice President Dawes declared the Seventieth Senate adjourned...
...Christmas Day in 1921, I had a telephone call from Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, the President's sister, who was at the White House: 'Come on over,' she said, 'Wernie wants to talk to you.' She always called the Pres ident 'Wernie.' I went over and found the President sitting all alone in his office and evidently very depressed. He said, 'Merry Christmas,' reached into a right-hand drawer of his desk, pulled out a plug of Piper Heidsieck and took a chew. He got up and looked out on the White House garden and said: 'Help yourself to a cigaret...
...Disband all combatant forces, and cease to call up citizens for military training...