Word: inge
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...direction. If anyone doubts the need of concerted action by the States of the Nation for this purpose, it is only necessary to consider the appalling figures of illiteracy, representing a condition which does not vary much in all parts of the Union. I do not favor the mak-ing of appropriations from the National Treasury to be expended directly on local education, but I do consider it a fundamental requirement of national activity which, accompanied by allied subjects of welfare, is worthy of a separate Department and a place in the Cabinet. The humanitarian side of government should...
...answered last year, almost half chose a business of some sort, while 16 per cent chose law. On the other hand 9 per cent selected teach- ing as their profession as against only 7.7 per cent who had decided to take up medicine...
...first the Earlforwards were snug and contented as bonds in a safe-deposit box ? in spite of Elsie's shock ing appetite for an occasional square meal ? and Elsie, too, was as con tented as a servant can properly expect to be, except when she remembered her shell-shocked suitor, Joe, who had disappeared shortly before the Earlforwards' marriage. But Henry's passion finally proved too strong for him ? he ate less and less (food is so costly), to Violet's great anxiety and in spite of all she could do. And Violet, too, began to wither...
...quite simple gesture may suffice to bring forth a perfect volume of verbosity from the most unassuming. But they are at a disadvantage. A book is quite incapable of button holing you. At any moment it may be reduced to completely submissive silence by the reader's merely turn ing away his head. But does all this reticence imply a Spartan fortitude, hiding intolerable pain...
Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor: " On Saturday, Nov. 24, a day of football games?Syracuse vs. Nebraska, Army vs. Navy, Yale vs. Harvard?I broadcasted the follow-ing sentiment throughout the country through the medium of the Hearst newspapers: 'Hard at work in some office, or factory, on some farm, or in some department store are young men that later will push a button summoning today's football heroes to their orders...