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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leading opponents of the law include President Conant, Dean Holmes of the Graduate School of Education, Samuel E. Morison '08, professor of History, and Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology. Champion in the legislature has been Senator Sybil H. Holmes of Brookline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENATE DEADLOCK BLOCKS MOVE TO REPEAL OATH LAW | 2/25/1938 | See Source »

...Sawyer jarred many a diner by delivering a harangue against the "corruption and graft rampant" during the two administrations of Democratic Governor Martin Luther Davey. Practical Committeeman Sawyer's unsurprising solution was to enter the gubernatorial primary himself. Tree-Surgeon Davey, who once enjoyed a reputation as a champion of Labor, prejudiced it when he helped break the strike in Little Steel last summer, has since lost it altogether by calling out the militia to halt labor demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Even Number | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...disappointment would seem to have weakened the League of Nations," went on Mr. Eden, "but its foundations remain. Our efforts may be checked but we are not beaten! . . . What is essential is that we should never abandon our ideals! It is for you and for all of us to champion them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Big Deal | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...paper before the current campaign opened last December. With Captain John O'Brien, Tom Macioce, Ed Anderson, Cliff Wolf, and Stan Leggett returning as experienced veterans, it was expected that Coach Paul Mooney would have a club whose calibre would at least equal that of the 1936 undefeated League champion...

Author: By Edwin P. Kaufmann, SPORTS EDITOR, THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR | Title: Flashy Columbia Five Holds Slight Hope of Win Tonight | 2/19/1938 | See Source »

...coming to coach at Harvard nine years ago, Peroy was one of the highest ranking non-professionals in the United States. Unable to accept an invitation to the 1924 Olympics, Percy did compete as the number two man in 1928. At this time he defeated the French national foils champion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rene Peroy Willing to Fence All-Comers Despite 53 Years | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

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