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Albany's Mayor Erastus Corning, II, in effect, agreed. On that basis Corning had ruled that Robeson could not sing in Philip Livingston Junior High School. A public school, said the mayor, should not be open to an artist identified with Communism. But the New York State Supreme Court reversed Corning and, in effect, Robeson, by ruling that singing is an artistic performance "and nothing else." Robeson could appear in the high school...
Although it was a little magazine in 1872, it got a big reception. In pulpit and press, the newborn Popular Science Monthly was denounced as the devilish work of atheists and evolutionists. But blind Editor Edward Livingston Youmans, no atheist but a devout missionary from the world of science to the world of laymen, took the abuse in stride. "The work of creating science," he wrote in Vol. I, No. 1, "has been organized for centuries. . . . The work of diffusing science ... is clearly the next great task of civilization...
Other officers elected were: Margaret Muller of Smith, to the vice-presidency, and Ruth Livingston, of Bennington College, as secretary-treasurer. Miss Bruchholz and Beverly Greenberg of Mount Holyoke were elected to the Executive Board while on position was left open to be filed by a Connecticut representative...
...Time--10 2/10 sec. One-mile run-won by F. Gurley (H); 2, Gardner (Y); 3, Baldwon (Y). Time--4 min., 32 sec. 440-yard dash--won by D. Hamblett (H); 2, Burdick (Y); 3, Lucke (Y). Time--51 sec. Two-mile run--won by Randall (Y); 2, Livingston (Y); 3. H. Rosenfeld (H). Time--10 min., 11 4/10 sec. 880-yard run--won by T. Withington (H); 2, Ingelin (Y); 3, A. Edelman (H). Time--2 min., 6/10 sec. 220-yard dash--won by D. Cavicke (H); 2, Lucke (Y); 3, F. Haydock (H). Time--22 6/10...
...last season, the day was getting dark and Brooklyn's pitcher was weakening. As his club came to bat, still leading 2-to-0, Durocher snapped to the bench: "Listen, you guys! I'm gonna stir up a rhubarb.* He began heckling the Cubs' catcher, Mickey Livingston: "Yeah, you! Grimm never used you this year until the pennant race was over, did he? Couldn't take a chance with a bum like you when the chips were down!" Catcher Livingston headed toward the Dodger bench angrily, and the ensuing brawl with an umpire lasted long enough...