Word: douglases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A young teacher in San Francisco's dismal Tar Flat section named Kate Douglas Wiggin (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) made the kindergarten popular in one of her first tales, The Story of Patsy. When the Atlantic Monthly damned the kindergarten as "a joy saloon," spunky Miss Wiggin flashed: "I...
Shocked into a state of profound grumpiness were the well-heeled members of the Bond Club of New York a month ago when SECommissioner William Orville ("Bill") Douglas in the course of a luncheon address opined that continuity of relationship between corporation and investment banker was of "unestablished value to...
To hear Banker Hall-the Hall of Chicago's Harris, Hall & Co.-the Bond Club last week turned out in full force. In a good-tempered reply to the Douglas broadside Banker Hall keyed his speech to the general thesis: "Always it is important not to kill a lot...
lines. Read that report: "Effective [banking] support cannot be obtained merely for a particular occasion. It can only be the result of intimate co-operation over years during which the financial interests get an insight into the problems and requirements of the industry in question and the industrial interests learn...
"Mythology and the Romantic Tradition in English Poetry", by Douglas Bush, associate professor of English, selling for $5.00. Since mythology has figured in the works of nearly every modern poet, Professor Bush's book is practically a history of modern poetry, but gives particular attention to the minor posts. Published...