Word: glenns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year appointments of two young economics instructors as has been manifested in his other public statements. It was this which enabled him to cut through the sophistries of the Nazi demands on Harvard and; in the case of governor La Follette's request to him to pass on the Glenn Frank case, to expose the essence of the whole problem in a few sentences. Critics of Harvard contend that the two instructors were "dropped" because they had expressed political and economic views of which the authorities disapprove. Dr. Conant replied that in matters of promotions a man's political...
...beginning of last week Wilbur Glenn Voliva, General Overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, Ill., felt comparatively agreeable. The Passion Play with which he hoped to make Zion the U. S. Oberammergau (TIME, March 29) was doing well. In an approaching municipal election Mr. Voliva believed his adherents would be victorious, thus restoring him to complete power over Zion. Then, one morning, Overseer Voliva directed his chauffeur to drive him past Shiloh Tabernacle, the rambling frame structure built by Zion's Founder John Alexander Dowie, in which the Passion Play was being performed every Sunday...
Forty-five miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan, Zion, Ill. was founded in 1901 as a theocratic community, along with the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, by famed, robust Dr. John Alexander Dowie. Two years ago Zion's General Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who believes the world is flat and lives...
...Runner Glenn Cunningham: the Columbian Mile, feature race of the Knights of Columbus Track Meet, for the fifth consecutive year; in Manhattan. Last major race of the board-track season, the Columbian Mile is often the most remarkable. In 1934, Cunningham won it in the amazingly fast time of 4:08.4, a world's record (indoors). In 1936, when all the entrants were too cautious to set the pace, he won in the ridiculously slow time of 4:46.8. Last week, the race upheld its tradition. Cunningham, climaxing a season in which he has won five...
...Glenn had quite a high school record when he came to K.U.", Jimmie went on to say, "but when he was put under my care his legs were in pretty bad shape. He had one of the worst cases of shin splints I have ever handled. He didn't do much of anything those first two years, and Glenn has oftened issued the statement that the only exercise he got in his Freshman and Sophomore years was on my rubbing table. Ever since then I have been his trainer and he comes to me whenever I am anywhere around...