Word: gathering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...swallowed the Herald which, prior to that, had absorbed the Times* Record and Inter Ocean. The story of the Herald & Examiner is in general that of any Hearst paper in any big city; but even more sensational, more blatant because of Chicago's shocking newspaper history. Wherever seasoned newsmen gather, tales are told of the Herex's famed exploits. There was the time when the late "Hildy" Johnson (TIME, April 20) got an exclusive tip on the conviction of one Norman Cook for murder; he stole into the vacated jury room, wrote "not guilty" on a dozen bits of paper...
...occasions in the year that Harvard's alumni gather together begins today with the meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs in St. Louis. As at commencement time, when the Alumni Association meets in Cambridge, there is here sufficient opportunity for Harvard's graduates to renew their acquaintance with their alma mater and to take up in serious discussion some of the problems confronting the University and alumni alike. Although major decisions as to Harvard's policy are not in the hands of the alumni, their thorough knowledge of the task of the administration is desirable...
...heard the morning stars when they sang together. I saw Thor gather in the rainbows to wrap about the dying storm; I walked with Caesar through the three parts of Gaul and I listened to Virgil when he sang his Aeneid when I was told I was to introduce this...
...remaining 25% originally came out of the North, returned there after graduation. Tuskegee estimates that 35% of its graduates go into teaching, 30% into industry, 20% into "homemaking," 12% into business, 3%, into the professions. Dr. Robert Russa Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, says proudly: "From this we gather that 80% of our graduates are pursuing the line of work in which they were trained." Graduates whom his Institute views with satisfaction include: William Henry Holtzclaw (born in Roanoke, Ala.), founder and principal of Utica Normal and Industrial School at Utica, Miss.; James G. Carter (born in Brunswick...
...cruise ship. She is 235 feet in length, spread 28,000 feet of sail, and is powered with two Diesel auxiliaries. A large smoking room is one of the features of the ship, and here every night, beyond the twelve-mile limit, the cruise party will gather to hear of the thrilling sea raids of Count von Luckner during the World...