Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Review, which contemporaries considered a far greater achievement than Robinson Crusoe, was largely filled with dull political and economic arguments, but it did introduce the first gossip column, the first society news and first advice to the lovelorn in English-language journalism. Like Dorothy Dix, Editor Defoe spun many a moral sermon in order to get a confessional letter into print. Sample from his "Advice from the Scandal Club" column: "Gentlemen ... I desire your advice in the following Case. I am something in Years, yet have a great Affection for my Neighbour's Wife, and she no less...
Professor George W. Sherburn of Columbia University, author of a number of books on eighteenth century thought and literature, has been appointed Professor of English at Harvard, the University announced today...
...absolutely gratis, to boot. True, it wasn't a performance of "The Five Kings," but it was an interview, and Vag guessed that he was going to enjoy himself immensely asking them all sorts of questions. Of course it wasn't a private interview, as the Vagabond's English professor had said that other people were going to be there, too, but that didn't disturb Vag. He was going to be very intelligent and professional and show these people that at least one Harvard undergraduate could appreciate productions on a level higher than the Old Howler...
Since the geographical intermingling of the two races throughout Palestine makes the creation of two separate kingdoms impossible, the British plan seems the only feasible one. The English are perfectly justified in forcing their solution despite the vehement Hebrew protests. Yet England has a moral obligation to protect those Jews already living in the Holy Land. Not only has the new scheme recognized this intention, but His Majesty's government has gone even further, in giving both races proportional representation in the government of the new state. Although bloody riots will undoubtedly break out between the two races for years...
...accordance with the will, three English students will come to Harvard to study while Ebb and Cline are abroad. Two Cambridge men, Philip Marack and Henry Wade, and one Oxonian, Harold Callan, are scheduled to do research here...