Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Raymond Rouleau, to be archbishop of Quebec and Cardinal; and asked: "Has anyone anything to say?" The cardinals severally raised their red caps in silent & formal assent...
Pedro Segura y Saenz, to be archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal; and again asked: "Has anyone anything to say?" Again the cardinals severally raised their red caps in silent & formal assent...
Politics itself is supposed to be a school. Few politicians endeavor to better themselves by formal study in midcareer. Washington newsgatherers last week pointed with pride to burly U. S. Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. of New York, onetime (1907-10) Harvard footballer and cum laude student, upon discovering last fortnight that he had enrolled for night classes (two per week), at the Washington Branch of the American Institute of Banking. Mr. Fish wanted to know more about he fundamentals of banking, not because of an appointment to any fiscal committee of the house, but because of a "situation which...
...admirers and placed into an automobile which began a slow trip to the Presidential stand. . . . The American hero seemed tired when he marched up to the President, but he was smiling happily. Speaking through an interpreter, President Calles assured him of Mexico's delight. . . . The greeting not entirely formal. The President grasped the flyer's hand warmly and threw his arms around the Colonel's shoulder...
...religion.' I am convinced that a man's real conception of and attitude towards his position in the universe, his religion, and other fundamental matters are of more solid interest to the college student of today than they were 20 years ago. People used to be more formal but thy seldom had a real interest in moral and intellectual matters. In time the tide will turn again and religious organizations will develop rapidly...