Word: incidental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the other side of the Mason and Dixon line comes word of assurance that in spite of the Stakhanovism of the New Deal professors and men of action, life in Dixie is still being lived according to the tenets of a Southern gentleman. A recent graduate of M.I.T., now...
In his earlier work Shakspere writes of young men and maidens, their loves, mirths, and griefs, as one who is among them, taking a lively personal interest in their affairs. But in the last plays the "beautiful, pathetic light" is always present. They are the sufferers, aged, experienced and tried...
"For his heroic and extraordinary achievements in Arctic and Antarctic exploration 1925-26," President Roosevelt presented Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth with the National Geographic Society's 13th Hubbard Medal. Introduced at his lecture following the presentation as "a world discoverer who exemplifies the finest traditions of science, modesty, resource and...
As the facts stand, Michelson does not appear to have put on any dangerous dictatorial powers or attempted to club the press into abolishing Lawrence and his column. But the incident gains significance as an example of the fear in which the men who oppose the Administration walk. Lawrence's...
THE talent of Mr. Bontemps is considerable. He has the authentic skill of the novelist in choosing a theme likely to interest readers, in telling a story not in propria persona but through the words and actions of characters; in fact he has every gift to commend him to the...