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...think that what happened in Texas yesterday is the death knell of the Klan in Texas, and, furthermore, I think it a blow that is going to be felt by the Klan in every other State in which it has gained a foothold. And I will also say that I am firmly convinced that the splendid victory of the anti-Klan ticket is going to prove a godsend to our National ticket. To my way of thinking, it will be impossible from now on for the Republicans to use the Klan issue against our party. The Democrats have purged their...
...Times expressed a somewhat natural interest in the system of community singing in American schools and assemblies, and especially in the growing love of singing for pleasure's sake. Above all, this gentleman was pleased with the revolution which the Harvard Glee Club has accomplished in sounding the death-knell of the "Bull-Frog on the Bank" type of music, sung by what he terms "merely more or less convivial societies for singing raucous songs with banjo accompaniment"--an astoundingly accurate description...
Dartmouth's victory has by no means sounded the death knell of the Harvard football season. Coach Fisher may yet develop a winning team from the wealth of potential material at his disposal. A distinct advance is anticipated against Tufts on Saturday, and Harvard hopes to be on equal terms with Princeton when it invades the Palmer Stadium on November...
...quiet use of the public opinion of the world, say the pro-Leaguers, Geneva brought a restraining influence to bear on Mussolini and saved the situation, establishing its own position as a permanent force for peace. But the critics are up in wrath claiming that the death-knell of the League has been sounded, flouted and defied by Italy, and requiring only the in pace requiescat" or the equivalent pagan expression to send it forever to limbo. It is almost too much for the man on the fence. But perhaps there is light ahead. Some months ago Senator Johnson complained...
Naturally the influence of commercial expansion can never sound the death-knell of literature. Homer, Cicero, Moliere and Goethe will always be read and appreciated, although the entire world cries for development in trade...