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Dates: during 1930-1939
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''When Dr. Townsend accuses me of political ambitions he talks like a fool!" roared the Poet Laureate of California one day last week. In the National Townsend Weekly, Representative John Steven McGroarty had just read a statement by Dr. Francis E. ("The Plan") Townsend crying a pox on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Men, Money & Methods | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

Edward Everett Hale, 1839, the famous orator who spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg, had "The Supposed Degeneracy of Our Age" for his graduation topic. Francis Parkman. 1842, who later wrote "The Oregon Trail" and other well known works, spoke at Commencement on "Romance in America."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Competition for Commencement Parts Recalls Famous Speakers of the Past | 4/7/1936 | See Source »

The Harvard Fund Council, which Deland is joining as the youngest class representative, includes 67 agents, among whom are such well-known Harvard men as Bishop William Lawrence '71, Judge Robert Grant '73. John Richardson '08, G. Peabody Gardner, Jr. '10, and Forrester A. Clark '29. E. Francis Bowditch '35...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DELAND APPOINTED '36 CLASS AGENT OF THE HARVARD FUND | 4/7/1936 | See Source »

An administrative board representing the two schools will have charge of the work for the new degree. It is to be made up of President Conant, George H. Chase '96, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, William E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Philosophy, William C. Graustein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW TEACHERS DEGREE IN ARTS AND SCIENCES | 4/7/1936 | See Source »

Emma, Lady Hamilton did not start as a lady, and according to Biographer Bowen, achieved ladyhood only technically. Her real name was Amy Lyon; her father was a blacksmith. Her profession, which she adopted in her teens, was "pleasing the gentlemen." Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh kicked her out because she was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hero's Doxy | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

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