Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...admit such students with no further assurance of their academic ability than a transcript of their school grades implies a faith in their scholastic aptitude which is confirmed by the usual excellence of their standing in college. Although for the most part they come from schools in the West which do not directly prepare them for work in Eastern colleges, it is not too much to assume that during several years of training they have learned the fundamentals of their own language and its use. Their instruction may not have been equal to that of the preparatory schools...
When Chicago reorganized its opera last year Ruth Page's ambition was to build up a ballet which, free from stuffy traditions, would provide as good entertainment as the operas themselves. Directors had so much faith in Dancer Ruth Page that they broke all opera precedent. Beginning last week they allotted her Friday evenings for ballet and ballet alone...
Speaking before the Liberal Club in the New Lecture Hall today at 4 o'clock, Norman Thomas will deliver his annual lecture at Harvard. He is expected to attack the existing order in Washington and its leaders with vigor. Mr. Thomas, despite his faith in the doctrines of Socialism, always manages to convey to his listeners a refreshingly new outlook...
...appeal to the better instincts of the German people is, in French ideology, very like casting pearls before swine. The amenities of international relations demand the attempt, but the sons of Marianne place no faith in its success. Rhetoric may be useful, but only when supported by bayonets. Adroitly M. Laval mentioned Italy and, in the next paragraph, Austria. Then followed a few quiet words in reference to Russia, along with a declaration of the peace-loving, disinterested attitude of France. Very subtly, the foreign minister concluded: "All those who are interested in the Eastern pact have been or will...
...York, appointed Mrs. Whitney her custodian as the Court's representative. He ordered Mrs. Whitney to continue the child's schooling, maintain her "in a manner suitable to her fortune" ($2,800,000), provide a Roman Catholic governess who would instruct her in her mother's faith.* Gloria should never be taken out of New York State. She should visit her mother every week from 10 a. m. Saturday to sundown Sunday, the entire month of July and from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. on Christmas Day. This arrangement should continue until Gloria...