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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dourest and glummest of all Scotch religious sects are the famed "Wee Frees" (Free Church of Scotlanders), bitter-end remnant of the larger and broader Free Church which united with Scotch Presbyterians in 1900. With 92 ministers to guide them, the "Wee Frees" dwell glumly in the mist of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Great Ones of Earth | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Eventually the "Wee Frees," canny and circumspect, passed a purely general resolution. "The Fourth Commandment," they indisputably proclaimed, "is binding with out exception. . . ." Conscience-stricken citizens thumbed their Bibles, read:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Great Ones of Earth | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

"In the last analysis, Mr. Roberts himself frees the Harvard man from paying any serious attention to his lurid pronunciamento...."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

In the last analysis, Mr. Roberts himself frees the Harvard man from paying any serious attention to his lurid pronunciamento, in which a few good points are so mingled with the numerous bad ones as to show the author was not in a position to distinguish between them. He points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RASPBERRIES FOR HARVARD | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

The specific propositions of President Hopkins are briefly, that eligibility for university teams be limited to Sophomores and Juniors, that two major teams of equal strength be developed to play with opponents on a home and home basis, and that professional or graduate coaching be replaced by undergraduate direction. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DARTMOUTH PLAN | 3/22/1927 | See Source »

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