Word: corpses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ On the west coast, a large sound truck equipped with a gramophone & amplifier nearly deafened the citizens of Pensacola with the Dipsy Doodle. This was the preface to an address by the State's onetime (1933-37) Governor Sholtz in which that dignitary found occasion to remark: "Either...
In Washington last week, chief endeavor of the 3,001 delegates to the Continental Congress seemed to be to see who could carry the most flowers. One Washington florist's business increased 300% during their stay. Principal agendum at the Congress was rostrum-climbing. To help them avoid tripping...
By changing its counseling system to fit the transition to college, Yale is recognizing the importance of efficient advisers. The Carnegie Foundation has already emphasized the scarcity of intellectual guidance in modern education. With President Conant himself saying that "we need to have a corps of advisers who can give...
When paunchy, bearded Giulio Gatti-Casazza was General Manager of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, the Metropolitan's corps de ballet was run by his wife Rosina Galli. Balletmistress Galli, a girl with old-fashioned ideas, filled the proscenium with rose-garlanded damsels whose inexpertness became proverbial. Critics...
Three years ago pompous Manager Gatti-Casazza resigned, retired to Italy with his wife. As General Manager he was succeeded by Edward Johnson, a trim, smiling man of progressive ideas who promised a new era in operatic production. Among other heralds of the new day came slick-haired Russian Balletmaster...