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...were at all times good-humored and restrained. But what seemed to clinch the "revolution's" seriousness and modesty was another name, a name which the U. S. public would surely have heard often before were its bearer not one of the most retiring persons imaginable-Mrs. William Lyon Phelps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Daughter's Revolution | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

James Joseph Tunney, fisticuffer, delivered a lecture before Professor William Lyon Phelps' class in Literature at Yale University on William Shakespeare's birthday (April 23). The Winter's Tale, confessed Mr. Tunney, bewildered and inspired him ten times. After further investigation, he concluded: "The name of William Shakespeare, to me, has been synonymous with all that is lovely and beautiful in life." Going into mythology, Mr. Tunney said: "Ajax was just a great big, ambitious fellow like Jack Dempsey, given to extended mouthings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...wife, Mamie, with the "advantage of canned goods, and delicatessen shops with every delicacy from salads to cold turkey" is free to play bridge and "get a lot of culture" at her William Lyon Phelps Ladies' Book and Literary Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Mechanistic Ass | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...sort of thing that is bound to happen every so often south of the Potomac, where old hearts still harbor a bitterness elsewhere forgotten. The incident summarily dealt with by the Speaker would have attracted small notice but for one factor: among the contributors to the pamphlet was Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Onetime (1888-1919) President, now President Emeritus, of William and Mary College, Dr. Tyler is a son of John Tyler. John Tyler was tenth President of the U. S. Since the death of Robert Todd Lincoln (TIME, Aug. 2, 1926), Dr. Tyler is the oldest living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Tyler vs. Lincoln | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...illustrated lectures on "Babylonia" are to be given by Professor David G. Lyon '01. Honorary Curator of the Semitic Museum, on April 16, and the Reverend Godfrey M. Brinley, of St. Paul's School, on April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Babylonia to Be Topic of Lectures | 4/7/1928 | See Source »

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