Word: commander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...party whose triumph Boss Farley was celebrating was not the party of 1924 nor the party of 1932. It was both and something more. Two years ago Mr. Farley took command of what John Jacob Raskob with lots of money and the brains of Jouett Shouse and Pressagent Charles Michelson, had built up from the wreck of 1928. Since then Democracy's leader in the White House had become a national hero. While still retaining the conservative South, the Party captivated North and West with a new brand of social reform and economic experiment. But, more important from...
What had drawn the Democratic high command of Pennsylvania to such a bleak spot was a political massacre. On Election Eve in the tiny mining town of Kelayres, 600 Democrats hopeful of ending a 20-year Republican rule in their township decided to parade. A truckload of children and a man carrying a U. S. flag led a torchlight procession four blocks up the main street to the intersection where Republican Boss Joseph Bruno and his relatives have houses on three corners. On the fourth corner stands the Church of the Immaculate Conception...
Then came the Lord Chancellor's writ of summons in the King-Emperor's name: "We strictly enjoin and command you to be faithful to the allegiance by which you are bound...
...dash down the three-quarter mile course, which ended at the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, was run off at 4.30 o'clock when at Bert Haine's command the 64 oars hit the water. A cross wind made the blade work sloppy, but the first-year men crossed the finish line after 4 minutes and 10 seconds, with the third Varsity and 150 pound crews coming in not far behind. Fourth, fifth, and sixth positions were taken by three crews of inexperienced Freshmen, stroked by Myer, Bennett, and McClennan. The tail-enders were the two other boats of experienced Freshmen...
...mature minds as he does in his first year. It is essential that the student should be given every aid in orientating himself immediately after entrance in order that his entire career at the University may be directed towards the development of a broad cultural background and a satisfactory command of one field of concentration...