Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obstacles to progress of the theatre in England, Mr. Dean remarked, was apathy, both official and unofficial. "There is no consistent support, and we even have trouble in putting on Galsworthy. The other source of apathy, that of the official is caused by a most amiable man called the Lord Chamberlain. Officially he is a danger to the State." Mr. Dean went on to explain that the Lord Chamberlain was the official censor, and proved even less capable of judging plays than his prototype here in America...
...lectures in History 1 which last year were given by Professor Merriman after mid-years will be given this year by Professor R. H. Lord A.M. '06. Professor Merriman is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of both the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Royal Historical Society, and a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia of Madrid...
Last week Mr. Kennerley made an announcement. He had secured, he said, Lord Leverhulme's collection. . . How much of Lord Leverhulme's collection, British dealers wanted to know. All of Lord Leverhulme's collection, Mr. Kennerley made clear. A special steamer, he added, would be chartered to bring it to New York, where it would be put on sale in his galleries...
...Lord Leverhulme's collection gone, taken away! It was a slur upon London as an Art capital, a slur upon England herself, for was not a nation's Art its chief strength and treasure? A steam of tears rose from a dozen editorial pages. With the lamentable psychology of one who does not count his chickens until they have been run over, the press pointed out that Leverhulme's collection included two paintings by Rembrandt, several by Frans Hals, Gainsborough's portrait of Squire Nuttall, Reynolds' "Countess of Thanet" and "Venus," Sir Martin Shee...
...Church and it was known as the Church of St. Boniface. For 50 years the East Enders have been contributing their pennies and their farthings and now at last St. Boniface's is free from debt and ready to be consecrated as the House of the Lord, It seemed only logical that since St. Boniface was the Apostle of Germany, a German prelate should be chosen for its consecration. But the question arose: What German, prelate or no prelate, would be welcomed in the East End to consecrate an English church...