Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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President Wilbur K. Jordan will greet the Class of '52 for the first time Tuesday morning when all four classes, led by Seniors in cap and gown march into the First Congregational Church for Opening Day exercises...
...thousand enraged subjects of Trans-jordan's wily little King Abdullah stormed up to his palace at Amman screaming "Fight to the death!" "Down with the British!" "Down with Truman!" Abdullah came out of the palace alone, faced the mob unarmed, except for a silver-handled dagger. He asked a wide-eyed question: "Why do you disturb the rest of a devout Moslem in the heat of the day during Ramadan?" Then he hurled a taunt: "Why are you not enrolled in the ranks of the army instead of a mob? Transjordan is my heart, and my mission...
Dean Bernice Brown Cronkhite of the Graduate School was principal speaker at the Alumnae Association dinner, served in Agassiz House. President and Mrs. W.K. Jordan were guests of honor. The dinner climaxed three days of alumnae festivities, which began with the annual association business meeting and presentation of an alumnae show written and directed by Mrs. Eunice Eddy Braaten...
Royal Greeting. Into the Old City of Jerusalem one day last week came King Abdullah of Trans Jordan, clad in a new uniform and white Arab headdress. Playing the double role of Saladin and Richard the Lion-Hearted, he prayed first at the Dome of the Rock Mosque, third holiest shrine in Islam, then in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. As the little king walked through the narrow lanes Arabs shouted: "Long live Abdullah! You are King of Jerusalem...
Showdown. Able, amiable Bill Norton was born and raised in Hampton, N.H., and prepped at Exeter. He left Harvard during his freshman year to support himself and three younger brothers after the death of their parents. Starting in Boston's Jordan Marsh Co., he worked his way up in various stores (e.g., W. T. Grant Co. and Filene's in Boston), until he joined Ward...