Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manhattan other famed girls' schools are the intellectually alive Brearley's; aristocratic, simple Miss Chapin's, lenient Finch. Famed private school principals throughout the country are Miss Marion Coats of the Sarah Lawrence Junior College, The Bronx; progressive Miss Elizabeth Johnson of the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Miss Eliza Kellas of well-equipped Emma Willard School in Troy, N. Y.; sound, slightly reactionary Miss Mira Hall of Miss Hall's in Pittsfield. Mass.; Miss Helen Tempte Cooke ("Dean of Girls' Schools"') of Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass...
...managers quickly pick their favorites and offer them all the best engagements. Of the present Cabinet, Messrs. Stimson, Mellon, Adams, Lament and Mitchell are booked in advance. Only a few Senators and their wives hold the steady interest of Washington Society. Among these are Senators Bingham, Couzens, Edge, Hale, Johnson, Moses, Phipps, Shipstead, Wagner, Tydings. Senator Borah still moves at the edge of this group, an old lion whose mane and roaring once petrified and enchanted but are now too familiar to impress...
...Yankees in the American League. Cornelius McGillicuddy ("Connie Mack"), Philadelphia's oldtime practitioner, has virtually the same team that proved unequal to the task last year. Other teams have improved but probably not enough. The American League has two new managers who may stir new interest. Walter Johnson, long venerated pitcher (now retired) of the Washington Senators is now in charge of the team. Stanley ("Bucky") Harris, whom he replaced, has taken over the Detroit team...
...Chicago, a gunman last week held up Stenographer Mary Johnson, took her purse, coat, beads, dress. Up rattled a taxi. Disrobed, dismayed, Mary stepped in. Said the chivalric chauffeur: "I'm a stickup guy myself, dearie. See these two automatics? But you've had enough for one night-I'll take you home...
...stage this season. One set, a dug-out, suffices for the play which presents a group of Englishmen confronted with the single and terrible protagonist of the war and inevitable violent death. Their reactions, intensified to the last degree, make for scenes of heart-breaking dramatic beauty. Colin Keith Johnson establishes himself as a great actor in the play and his supporting cast, all men, is excellent. The drama, for those interested in dramatic craftsmanship, demands more than one visit...