Word: disciplinarianism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...four years older than himself, which had spouted broadsides against the French, the English, the pirates of Tripoli. In 1835 he married Anne Catherine Lloyd of Baltimore, who bore him eight children-all daughters. When the Naval Academy at Annapolis was founded (1845), Buchanan was made Superintendent. A stern disciplinarian, he once unbent so far as to forward the following application from 38 cadets to the Secretary of the Navy: "Sir-We the undersigned midshipmen of the Naval School at Annapolis respectfully request permission to wear our beards, with the exception of that portion of it upon the upper...
...corner of this building there will be a suite for a master, dean, or member of the faculty, who is to live with the students not as a disciplinarian, but as a companion and supervisor. It is planned to use the addition chiefly for graduate medical students and public health students...
...died in 1917 towards the end of his first term in the Senate, he turned to politics with fresh concentration as other bereaved men will turn to business, pleasure or a new wife. He started life as a school teacher. Lately he has become more and more a political disciplinarian: grim, Dry, statuesque...
Soon "Per Schedule" Summerall, that rigid disciplinarian, that man who gets things done, that "hardboiled" artillery philosopher, will leave his duties at Governors Island* to become the peacetime chief of the army. In the language of the streets, he should keep the army on its toes. Said he, many years ago: "Persons who talk about peace and abolishing the army forget that everything the United States has, it got by force. No matter how righteous are the decisions it makes, it could not be anything but another China if it had not force to back up those decisions...
...being surrounded. Major Burr rode up and argued with Knox. Knox was obstinate. So Burr addressed the men and led them out of the closing trap. At 21, Burr was made Lieutenant Colonel and protested to Washington that others were placed over him. He gained a reputation as a disciplinarian and a leader. He was several times given command of troublesome troops. He established the first organized military intelligence for the Continental army...