Word: luthers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Dr. Hans Luther, German Ambassador to the U. S., passed through Austin on a tour of German communities in Texas, Governor James V. Allred gave a dinner, invited the Sängerbund, a German singing society. To paunchy, egg-bald Dr. Luther the Sängerbund presented a ten-gallon hat. "The cowboys," put in Dry Governor Allred, "use these hats for sunshades, pillows at night, to whip unruly broncos or to drink out of." Dr. Luther: To drink? Ten gallons? Water...
...conventional biography; it is rather a perceptive study of the great thinker as a representative of sixteenth century Humanism, a cold unimpassioned word picture of a mind rather than a man. Erasmus was a thinker not a doer; it was he who laid the foundation upon which Luther based his violent departure from the past and the unity of Christendom in the West. Erasmus was an enlightener, a teacher of reason, a vigorous opponent of unthinking subjection to tradition. This cloistered scholar in a brief seven days of relaxation from his studies produced his "Praise of Folly"--a tract...
...stage and in the final scene there is a poetic beauty and terror which is almost Biblical in its sweep and expression. Stella Adler as Sarah Glassman is superb; her work has an artistry and beauty which is enthralling, and her understanding melodious voice pierces deeper than the ears. Luther Adler is powerfully moving as the unfortunate Jew; he is at once strong, pitiful, poetic, and cruel. The supporting cast is uniformly capable, and the technical phases of the production have been admirably accomplished...
...Handicap high jump run off at Soldiers Field yesterday, three men tied for first place, clearing the bar at 5 feet 8 inches but failing at 5 feet 10 inches. The three contestants were Milton G. Green '36, winner of two firsts and a second in yesterday's events, Luther Scheffy '35, and Paul C. Tiffany...
...wildly enthusiastic crowd hustled the brave Bishop into his automobile, swept the police and S. S. troops aside, trotted beside the car all the way to his house shouting "Heil Meisser! Pfui Müller!" Another crowd stayed by the church, solemnly chanting Martin Luther's great "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott...