Word: monarch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...royal presence during a visit to the school by the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the annual Pancake Greeze. The explanation current was that Dr. Busby, headmaster in the day of Charles II, retained his hat in the presence of that monarch upon a plea that he could not allow any of his scholars to think that there was a greater man than he at Westminster, and that King George graciously allowed a similar privilege to his successor...
This is the first time in history that a reigning monarch will take part in an open tennis championship...
...animosity to the King in "clamorous demonstrations," while the Greeks in Thessaly have not changed in their opinion regarding military operations; they voted against Venizelos because they wanted the army disbanded. The problem of how to fight the Turks without an army or a treasury would phase a monarch of greater ability than Constantine. It seems that the Greeks will soon discover that "their King, after all, is a luxury and not a necessity...
...should not be promoted into an actuality. There is no logical reason why athletic teams of the cast should stand aloof from those of the west. There is no reason why Illinois should not play Harvard this year. A game of football between the football representatives of these two monarch universities would be rather interesting to the sportsmen all over the United States and extremely interesting to the undergraduates at Illinois and our contemporaries at Harvard. Daily Illint...
...Prince George and that of Prince Paul, both brothers of the late king; as well as a group who favor Prince Andrew, uncle of Alexander, and brother to the deposed Constantine. Besides these there is also the very powerful group who have never lost hope of restoring that exiled monarch. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the powers will never consent that a pro-German Prince should mount the throne, and these aspirants have all, at one time or another, been accused of Teutonic leanings by their ill-wishers. The Greek people, innate politicians, and, above...