Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Liverpool to attend a conference of the Liberal Party, was approached by a number of Liberal students from the Liverpool University, who asked him to address them. Mr. Asquith refused. Thereupon the students '"kidnapped" him, and took him to the University. He accepted the situation with good grace; made a witty speech in which he said he was "glad to see such signs of vigorous youth and vigorous adolescence"; was then allowed to depart...
...companionship of bores is something that has never been suffered gladly. Ever since the first primeval man was rapped on the head for tire some practical joking, they have been outcasts clinging to the fringes of an intellectual society. Among great men whose names grace the pages of literature Samuel Johnson in particular was accustomed to turn roundly on such offenders, and shout them suddenly into embarrassed silence. The faithful Boswell himself, if report be true, offended on more than one occasion, thereby drawing down on his not too tactful head lightening and devastating thunder...
...perfect lover, Mr. Darney is indisputably good, doing double service as the final agent of the forces of justice and as a never failing source of comic relief. Miss Roach his a hard task as the heartless thief of love and husbands and does it well; alternating with grace between the gracious lady and the unfeeling gold digger. The rest of the caste, Mark Kent as Judge Perry and Anna Layng as Mrs. Davis especially, maintain the high average set by their associates...
Major General Henry T. Allen, who will speak at the Union November 2 on "Europe as I Saw It", is not the only speaker of prominence who will grace the Living Room platform during the month of November. Professor A. E. Morgan, who was recently elected president of Antioch College in Antioch, Ohie, will address Union members on November 20 if plans now pending are carried out. Antioch College stands in a unique position among educational institutions in that it combines industry and education, making it possible for a student to earn his entire way through college...
...night of November 17 will see Charles Wakefield Codman, a composer, and the Indian princess, Tsianna, a soprano, entertaining. Singing will again fill the program a month later when Miss Grace Kerns, a lyric soprano of St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City sings. She will be assisted by other artists. The Russian Cathedral Sextet will entertain the evening of January 12, the closing entertainment of the series. Season tickets may be obtained at Jordan Hall...