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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thoroughly annoyed, Carol threw his companion's mink coat over his arm, seized her bouquet of roses, and requested her, in Roumanian, to leave the wagon-lit by a door at the opposite end from that whence he descended. The cameramen, torn between the two good shots thus offered, exploded their flashlights frantically, cursed vociferously, literally stalked their photographic game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROUMANIA: Carol Travels | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...Harvard 2 GREEK A Mon. at 12 Sever 18 B Mon. at 10 Sever 26 2 Tues. at 10 Sever 30 15b Tues. at 12 Sever 26 HISTORY B Mon. at 9 Harvard 3 C Consult Mr. L. R. Miller--Hist. Mr. E. A. Whitney Hist. and Lit. 1a Tues. at 11 Sever 11 3b Mon. at 9 Sever 18 5a Tues. at 2 Andover B 8 Mon. at 11 Harvard 3 10b Mon. at 2 Harvard 3 13b Tues. at 11 New Lect. Hall 5 14 Tues. at 11 Harvard 1 17b Tues. at 10 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ISSUE REVISED FIRST MEETING LIST | 2/6/1926 | See Source »

...over the U. S. they came together, 67 groups, big and little, of Boston Tech men in their own home cities; and sat down to their dinners, heard the radios being tuned in, and pushed back their chairs, lit their cigars, waited for the big speech of the evening. The main dinner of the evening was being held in Manhattan, but it was an "All-Technology Phantom Radio Dinner" such as only technical men could imagine, devise and carry out. An interlocking chain of broadcasting stations brought them all together, from Massachusetts to California. The main speaker of the evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Phantom Dinner | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

...worthy cause. Within they found Edward, Prince of Wales, with the "Toc. H." lamp in his hand. "Toc. H."ers performed an interlude in seven episodes. The Rev. P. B. Clayton, founder of "Toc. H." was there. At the conclusion of the ceremony innumerable additional "Toc. H." lamps were lit, and lamp bearers started for New Zealand, South Africa, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Toc. H. | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...Light from St. Agnes was taken from a play written and acted by Minnie Maddern Fiske. The theatrical lady placed the scene near her birthplace, in a tough Louisiana town. Toinette (heroine) is the unsavory mistress of Michel, drunken leader of drunks. The curtain rises upon a chapel lit by a rose window and the interior of a hovel. Within the chapel rests the body of Agnes Devereaux, saintly lady. The village priest tells Toinette that Agnes Devereaux has made her the especial object of her benevolence, and Toinette is about to soften into sullen goodness when Michel enters. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Washington | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

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