Word: expression
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among the letters in the Feb. 23 issue of your magazine is an interesting inquiry: "Did this country ever apologize to any nation before in the course of its history?" There have been numerous occasions when our government has been magnanimous enough to express regret over international unpleasantness. Reference to any secondary school textbook would provide many such instances but I would like to mention that Daniel Webster apologized to Spain for the defacing of a portrait of Queen Isabella in New Orleans and that Seward, upon the advice of Lincoln and Sumner, made a similar gracious gesture to England...
Because the Primate of Belgium, Cardinal van Roey, counseled Catholics not to attend the "meaningless" funerals of cremated persons (TIME, March 2) and protested against government participation at the funeral of Hero Lieut.-General Bernheim (cremated by his express wish), Belgian Socialist Deputies fought last week a short, victorious battle in the Chamber with Belgian Catholics...
...challenge issued by the Socialist Club to Professor Carver at least has the charm of originality so often absent in the activities of undergraduate liberal groups. Such societies, whether under the label of Liberal Club or any other cognomen, are composed mostly of students who want to act and express themselves freely without the restraint of conservative tradition. It must be admitted however, that the members are more interested in their own independent attitudes than in the reforms they advocate. The invitation to Professor Carver, whether accepted or not, will reflect favorably on the members of the Socialist Club...
...rural community of Midland; but nobody liked him. He was closemouthed, closefisted, a hard worker, a hard master. He wanted to better Midland, give it a Methodist church, a bank, a grain elevator; but Midland did not want to be bettered, was not really sorry when one day the express train killed John Durken. Son Bruce came back from his Methodist college to be Midland's pastor. Better educated, more articulate a fanatic than his father, he raised more hell in Midland than old John had ever dreamed of or wanted...
...which had swept away the old college Glee Club. Says the Post. "College boys are not professional singers. The Mendelssohn and other choral societies meet a fine public need. But the undergraduate should not be called upon to live up to their standards of excellence. The under-graduate should express and control his own music just as he should express and control his own football...