Word: formely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the inspiration of Dwight L. Moody, the Northfield intercollegiate conference assumed a form intended to accomplish two things: to convert college men to Christianity and a better interpretation of that intangible essence; and to offer them the inspiration necessary to carry the light of their discoveries into the colleges from which they came. Distinctly evangelical at its birth, the conference has more recently come down to the practical plane of college life in general. At the present time, the purpose is, in the words of ardent supporters, "to provide a week given over to intelligent, broadminded, consideration...
...great mass of Senators and Representatives are hammish on the capital's main social stage. That is why Washington is full of side shows. The form of the main performance is reproduced faithfully on a small, stuffy scale in the lobbies and "parlors" of the inexpensive hotels near Washington's Union Station. Seldom are these second-rate social troopers seen in Northwest Washington after 6 p. m. When a second-rate Congressman does scale the heights, he usually does something gauche-like the Senator who had himself flash-lighted as he entered Secretary Mellon's home...
...silent form that lies here today is not the man we knew. The soul-the thing that gave him being, personality and force-is what we knew. It is beautiful that it should have chosen that limpid Easter Sunday to leave the tired body from which it has arisen to shine resplendent in the glorious achievements of a memorable life...
...United Press is an American press association, but it is by no means an American propaganda agency any more than it is a French or British propaganda agency. The old-fashioned form of a government subsidized 'official' agency has seen...
...TIMES' new capital increase took the form of a $5,000,000 dividend of Times Preferred (8%) to holders of the fabulous common, of which there are only 10,000 shares. Five more millions of the preferred were authorized, for future disposition. The dividend declared was the fourth of its kind, the three prior ones having totaled...