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But Mr. Curtis' name did not come up last week. The Institute shelved the tsar idea for the time being. Instead it accepted the resignation of Edwin B. Reeser as president and elected Amos Leonidas Beaty to succeed him. More significant, it was decided to give the Institute's president...
"When these men were being trained for overseas it was as sober soldiers in Dry cantonments. America tried to make total abstainers of every one. They went across to France the cleanest army that ever assembled on any field. A million maintained their American ideals, even in French cities. But...
The paintings of Jacques Louis David carry the insignia of that austere and serious age which, now ignorantly identified with the flippancies of a decadent court, preceded and precipitated the French Revolution. Large somber canvases, they exclude flippancy and tell, with a dignified and almost Alexandrine rhythm, the most ennobling...
Representatives Fred Albert Britten of Illinois and Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer of Missouri also cried out against Mr. Fess's leadership. The Wet Republican press re acted even more sharply, and certain arch-Republican editors captioned editorials FESS OUGHT TO GO and THE BLIND SENATOR FROM OHIO. Hearst papers quoted an...
Four hours later the sun shone peaceful and bright on a ruined city. The hurricane, tearing inland across the island broke its force against the rugged mountains separating Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic from French-speaking Haiti. In Santo Domingo city 1,500 were killed, 5,000 were injured, 30,000...