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...Constitution Hall for their annual convention and received a stern admonition from President Roosevelt not to "idly enjoy the vicarious fortitudes of ancestors long laid to rest" than they got down to the business of electioneering for officers. Favorite candidate to succeed short, full-bosomed Mrs. Russell William Magna as President-General was her Smith College classmate, tall, handsome Mrs. William A. Becker of New Jersey. In a rash moment Mrs. Becker once endorsed The Red Network, a list of such "radicals" as Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Frances Perkins, Donald Richberg. That endorsement, although later retracted, was enough to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 29, 1935 | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

This onslaught left the House of Lords gaping and gasping. "I had nothing to do with drafting the obnoxious clause," bleated the Master of the Rolls, Baron Hanworth of Hanworth, onetime High Steward of Stratford-on-Avon and President of the Magna Charta Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lord High Scrap | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

While 46.2 per cent of the men admitted by the latter method and 32 per cent of the men admitted through "good" college records have failed, all of the 27 men, holding summa cum laude degrees, have had satisfactory records, and only eight per cent of those with magna cum laude degrees have met disaster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHASE SCORES METHOD OF CHOOSING STUDENTS | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

...Most of its readers will feel that "great" should be applied only to a deeper or a higher theme than Author Suckow's, but few will deny the real worth of this solid masterpiece. Coming too late to start a school, The Folks has certainly finished one, and magna cum laude. The Midwest Novel has been written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plain People | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

Most of the cars entered in the race are of foreign make with two Amilcars, two MG Midgets, one Lancia and one MG Magna leading the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racing Association To Stage 50 Mile Road Race For Gentlemen Drivers Over Half Mile Course | 9/27/1934 | See Source »

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