Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What is more, the work of producing such an article would be excellent literary training for its writers. Every author, especially if he intends to make a profession of literature, must command the attention of his public or be lost, and practice in getting the utmost interest out of a subject is always useful...
...United States." The constitutionality of such a step is officially waived and will, therefore, not enter the discussion of the subject. The teams will start intensive work for this debate, which is a postponement of the annual Fall Triangular Debate, today in order to be in good command of the subject by the end of the week...
...Spalding played throughout with his customary excellence of technique. He was always at ease, and exhibited a smoothness, a finish, and a reserve which gave him complete command over whatever he attempted. His treatment of the flowing Corell sonata well deserved the praise it received...
This intimate biography gives, for the first time, a full account of the life of one of the most interesting of American soldiers and writers. In youth a romantic poet, Mr. Higginson became in early life a Unitarian clergyman of power and effectiveness. Later, in command of the first colored regiment raised for service in the Civil War, he had some military experience of exceptional interest. In later life, as a many-sided man of letters, his relations with writers in both England and America were extraordinarily close and varied. Few Americans of the nineteenth century touched American life...
...view of the outcry which has been everywhere raised of late against the prevailing low rates of remuneration for teachers. This complaint is in large part justified. From one point of view, however, it is easy to understand why even the best masters and instructors have been unable to command advancing high salaries with the rising cost of existence...