Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year-old tradition holds that no woman may enter Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass, on Commencement Day. Last week Mrs. Mary Curley Donnelly, 25-year-old daughter of Massachusetts' Governor James Michael Curley, broke the tradition by driving her automobile into the Yard behind her father's as he arrived for the ceremonies. An official quickly caught Mrs. Donnelly, led her out. John J. Appel of Teaneck, N. J. found in his bungalow a 15-lb. snapping turtle with "Alf Landon" painted on its back. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lynchburg, Va.'s city charter...
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Under Education, TIME, June 8, I note the name of one James Michael Curley as the recipient, from the Staley College of the Spoken Word, Inc., of the degree ''D.O." I am not familiar with this degree. Is it, perhaps, Doctor of Obliquity...
...honorary degree awarded to Massachusetts' Governor was Doctor of Oratory. It was awarded just after Governor Curley had signed a bill authorizing Staley College to grant Masters' degrees in Oratory...
Alumni will hold their exercises this afternoon immediately after the Alumni Spread. Notables who will speak at the ceremonies are President Conant, Governor James M. Curley, Judge Learned Hand, president of the Alumni Association, and three of the honorary degree holders...