Word: lincoln
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With most top Republicans off mending party fences in the name of Abraham Lincoln (see Republicans), the Congress could only nibble at the people's business. Nevertheless, it bit off one big mouthful...
Living conditions in poorer sections of Boston are constantly deteriorating and students must wake up to the fact, according to Carle C. Zimmerman associate professor of Sociology, Robert F. Bales, instructor in Sociology, and John M. Kingman '14, headworker of Lincoln and Hale settlement houses, speakers at a PBH sponsored forum in Adams Upper Common Room last night...
...sculptor comes to Springfield to take plaster impressions of Lincoln's hands. He suggests that something be held while the cast is being made. Lincoln vanishes into a woodshed, is heard sawing away, reappears with a carefully trimmed piece of broomstick. The sculptor protests that any old object would have served. "Oh, well," says Lincoln, "I thought I would like to have it nice...
...days before his assassination, Lincoln visits ruined Richmond in the company of some Union officers. He is immediately recognized by Negroes, who kneel before him, singing hymns. He js "much embarrassed," but listens respectfully, then makes a little speech. Finally he says, "There, now, let me pass on; I have but little time to spare," walks away slowly up the hot, dusty street, carrying "his hat in his hand, fanning his face," from which the sweat trickles...
...first of a series of talks sponsored by the PBH Social Service Committee to acquaint students with the opportunities for philanthropic work in Boston, Carle C. Zimmerman, associate professor of Sociology, Robert F. Bales, instructor in Sociology, and John M. Kingman '14, headworker at Lincoln and Hale Houses, will discuss "The Need for Social Service Work Today" in the Adams Upper Common Room tomorrow at 7:30 o'clock...