Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crashed to the ground. Many were bruised; no one was seriously injured. The troopers kept the excited multitude of 10,000 Klansmen and "other patriots" in order. Shaken but unruffled, Senator Heflin climbed on a safe corner of the wreck and heffled for two hours as the sky grew dark with night. Said he: "Alfred will never see the inside of that White House. In the first place, he won't be nominated at Houston; and if he should be nominated, he will be thoroughly licked. Alfred will get it where McAdoo got it-in the neck...
This facetiousness pleased the mob. Waves of laughter lapped back against the amplifiers. The seat-hunters shuffled on, craning to see what was causing such a great sound from the platform. The sputtering, hissing Klieg searchlights played down on a tall, dark, ministerial figure grasping the high lectern with both outstretched hands. Despite the speaker's height, his appearance was partly obscured by the three panels of aluminum microphones behind which all the convention speakers had to function. Chairs kept on scraping. Seats clacked up and down. The drone of conversation died away slowly as the Voice resumed...
After 15 minutes of silent meditation, one man and three women in the congregation were moved-by-the-Spirit. Each stood up and talked briefly. The man, a civil engineer, named Robert Brown talked about religious pioneering as compared to scientific pioneering. Nominee Hoover wore a double-breasted dark grey suit, white canvas shoes. In the afternoon, Nominee and Mrs. Hoover motored...
...ferry pier in Manhattan a crowd of commuters waiting for the boat that would take them to Staten Island saw a line of small boats come round the curve of the harbor. They were racing, each boat a dark point capping a triangle of spray; the commuters looked on with interest. Suddenly one boat choked, caught fire; the men on board could be seen working wildly, throwing something on the burning engine. The other boats swept on, then in a feather of foam one swerved, capsized; a coast guard cutter raced out to pick up the men in the water...
...there is a romantic side to the College it has manifested itself in those traditions which make Class Day what it is. The Tree Oration, the numerous Spreads, the Ivy Oration, the dancing, even the confetti battles in the Stadium have their antecedents in the Dark Ages of the College. The original tree was the "Liberty" or "Rebellion" tree which stood in front of Hollis and around which the riotous sophomores of "Rebelliad" notoriety circled in the light of the bonfire. The spread might be said to antedate the famous ban on "plum cake" in 1693. For many a year...