Word: frontiers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will be stories on western life by E. E. Dale 3G., professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Dale who makes a specialty of western folk lore and has had numerous experiences among the Westerners, will give a sketch of cow-boy and Indian life on the frontier drawn from what he himself has witnessed and experienced, and will read some of his famous Oklahoma jingles...
...which was towards compulsion with distinct apprehension. Indeed our rough individualistic pioneer, whose passing is still fresh in the minds of the older generation, looked upon government as an evil necessity, and with many misgivings as to whether it was a necessity at all. With the passing of the frontier however, this reign of blatent lawlessness came to an end, and since that time we have been confronted with a growing spirit of paternalism. During the war, when compulsion was to a large extent, absolutely essential, we saw this tendency grow, and though momentarily we find...
Lieutenant O'Brien, who fell 8,000 feet with his airplane into the German lines, was captured and held for some time in a German prison camp. The story of his escape, which was effected by jumping through a train window and working for 72 days towards the frontier, is perhaps the most extraordinary personal experience...
...upon Kerensky's sincerity and loyalty. He seems to forget that the war started in the East, and that Russia would long since have been crushed but for the aid given by her western Allies; time and again they have undertaken costly offensives to relieve the pressure on her frontier provinces. To declare that Russia is now ready to cast the burden of the war on their shoulders will create a most painful impression both in London and Paris. Next he criticizes the British fleet for not rushing headlong into the Baltic, now that the Germans are operating there, knowing...
...Oratory, will give "An Evening of Dialect." In this entertainment, Miss Penick will give her admirable interpretation of German, Italian, Scotch, negro, Irish, Hoosier and child dialects. E. I. Dale 2G, who makes a specialty of Western folklore, will give a sketch of cowboy and Indian life on the frontier. Speaking from his own wide experience in the Western States, he will make his part of the program interesting...