Word: cannonism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. The Rev. Tertius Van Dyke, 38, pastor of the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, and son of Dr. Henry Van Dyke, famed author-diplomat-clergyman, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Cannon, of New Haven. Miss Cannon taught Sunday school, supervised Bible classes in the church of the Rev. Mr. Van Dyke...
...first open night, Professor S. I. Bailey, will speak on "The Stars and the Nebulae of the Milky Way". On November 3 Miss C. H. Payne will talk on "Stellar Chemistry". On November 19 Dr. W. J. Luyten will speak on "The Naked Eye Stars." Miss A. J. Cannon will tell how to classify the stars on December 5, and on December 18 Professor E. S. King will speak on "The Coming Total Eclipse...
...only three months, and kept walking out at crucial moments. The officers, most of whom were elected by the men, were not only incompetent, but many of them were cowardly. One of the greatest causes of casualities was that the men used to try to stop rolling British cannon balls with their feet...
...danger of playing football with British cannon balls...
General Dawes advanced into the glare, carrying on his arm an ancient gentleman, smoking a stogie, whom the light disclosed as Joseph G. Cannon. After a prayer had been rendered, Uncle Joe said a few mellifluous words. Former Representative Albert Jefferis, of Nebraska, then came forward to tell General Dawes that last June the Republican National Convention had nominated him for Vice President. Mr. Dawes gave his answer in his first sentence...