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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Dr. Samuel Johnson compiled his great Dictionary, he was nagged, hounded by printer's devils. "The great" offered no help; alone he struggled, published...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Abbe-Barrymore | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

...last week, when Dr. Allen Johnson published the first volume of the Dictionary of American Biography, he was feted, dined by luminaries of worlds educational, literary, journalistic. It was inescapable that when Sir Leslie published his biographical dictionary he should be compared to Samuel Johnson. Friends found the same bluff exterior, the same "heart," the same relish in humor. The parallel between Dr. Allen Johnson and Dr. Samuel is obvious, superficial. Dr. Allen Johnson is diffident, crisp, quietly intellectual. Graduated from Amherst in 1892 he received his M. A. from that col lege three years later, the same year that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Abbe-Barrymore | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

Elected. Harrison K. McCann, (H. K. McCann Co.), and John Benson, (Benson, Gamble, Johnson & Reed); to be respectively Board Chairman and President of the A. A. A. A. (American Association of Advertising Agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 26, 1928 | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

...summary follows. HARVARD SECONDS YALE SECONDS Harding, l.e. r.e., Gile Upton, l.t. r.t., Smith Dwinnell, l.g. r.g., Simmons Warner, c. c., Gwin Brown, r.g. l.g., Wade Johnson, r.t. l.t., Hitchcock Lewis, r.e. l.e., Fiske Owens, q.b. q.b., Cruikshank Pierce, l.h.b. r.h.b., Conklin Kiser, r.h.b. l.h.b., Wiener Coveli, f.b. f.b., Ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SECONDS FALL BEFORE ELI LINE RUSH | 11/24/1928 | See Source »

HARVARD YALE SECONDS SECONDS Lewis, l.e. r.e., Gil Upton; l.t. r.t., Smith Dwinnell, l.g. r.g., Simmons Warner, c. c., Givin Brown, r.g. l.g., Wade Johnson, r.t. l.t., Hitchcock Harding, r.e. l.e., Lambert Covel, q.b. q.b., Wells Owens, l.h.b. r.h.b., Conklin Kiser, r.h.b. l.h.b., Wiener Pierce, f.b. f.b., Ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM WILL MEET YALE TODAY | 11/23/1928 | See Source »

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