Word: lately
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Distinctions enjoyed successively by the late Robert Bacon included the following: a Bostonian birthright; education at Harvard; member of J. P. Morgan & Co.; credit for founding the International Mercantile Marine; Assistant Secretary of State in the Roosevelt Cabinet (full Secretary from January to March in 1909); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1909-1912); a major on the staff of General Pershing in the A. E. F. When Major Bacon died in 1919, he left his widow one more distinction, seemingly one that would last. Their distinguished home in distinguished Manhattan was at the unique address: "One, Park Avenue...
...recently resigned in a huff because the college hired a policeman to usurp their duties and because, due to the efficiency of this policeman, some Amherst and Smith students were dismissed for conduct unbecoming the quiet virtue of the Amherst campus. Even the serenity of Harvard calm has of late been ruffled by student government controversy. It is happening everywhere...
...late hour last night the CRIMSON was able to get a statement from Allston Burr '89, chairman of the committee in charge of raising the funds for a war memorial chapel. Mr. Burr's statement read as follows: "In regard to the report of the New York committee I have decided not to say anything now. But I have been able to consult other members of the committee on raising funds to build a University church which have now reached a total of $750,000 and it is probable that a definite statement will be made later...
...time to abandon all hope in the schools and colleges. The latter in particular have made much progress of late years. Rather than try to extend the scope of education, the advocates of liberalism would find it more worth their time to encourage its growth in the existing institutions...
...stopped walking at late twilight and went into the church. There were no lights on; no people were there to pray; the organ loft was empty. The tramp sat down and put his dirty finger on the keys, and there was music...