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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have no tea or sugar either. But when the rain cleared and I decided to go to the city hall where things were distributed, I was embarrassed beyond words. The Red Cross clerk insolently asked me "What do you want, chow?" I was so ashamed that I'd preferred to die." Now those people are sensitive, they have a little pride. When they give, they give their shirt; when they take they apologize and soon repay. I don't blame the Red Cross for this, but those stupid, insulting clerks they hire to distribute the provisions. If they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 22, 1928 | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...gloomily on the porch. She asked what the trouble was. He explained that Philip and the other sister, Mary, had found a little dead bird and were having a funeral for it. He had been crying because "they wouldn't let me come to the funeral. They said I'd laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In LaFollette-Land | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...long counters with benches behind them. They are not boxes, really, because they have no covers? They are eminently uncomfortable places. When the wind blows, as it frequently does, the occupants of the press seats get it all; when it rains, they rapidly become what Mr. Mantalini called "demn'd damp, moist, unpleasant bodies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business of Reporting Gridiron Clashes Is As Specialized As Bootlegger's Trade | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

...professor of education; J. M. Brower, director of the bureau of vocational guidance; Ralph Beatley '13, assistant professor of education; L. L. Dudley '21, Instructor of education; E. E. Allen'$4, lecturer on the education of the blind; A. O. Norton '9$, lecturer on the history of education; R. D. Allen, lecturer on vocational guidance; H. F. Latshaw '24, instructor in education, and A. T. Davison '05, associate professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 15 TEACHERS ENDORSE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE | 10/19/1928 | See Source »

...clock this afternoon on the Soldiers Field course. The lineup of the Harvard team is as follows; J. L. Reid '29, R. C. Aldrich '31, L. A. Flaksman '29, a. G. Thacher '29, J. M. French '29, F. B. Thurber '30, f. W. Hyde '30, H. D. Everett '31, R. G. Hodges '31, Guy Murchie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO HARRIER TEAMS RACE NEW HAMPSHIRITES TODAY | 10/19/1928 | See Source »

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