Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this advise to lead Christian lives of temperance, hard-work and worship were not enough. The rules went on to enjoin all students to "eschew all profanation of the God's name," and further, that 'they studiously redeeme the time" and "diligently attend the lectures without any disturbance by word or gesture...
...Fogg Art Museum was founded by Mrs. William Hayes Fogg of New York as a memorial to her husband and the museum which bears his name was opened in 1895. The building was intended to house only minor objects of art, casts and photographs. It was not believed that, with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts at hand, the Fogg Museum would ever own important original works of art. The exhibition gallery was badly lighted, yet apart from this one room almost no exhibition space was provided...
...function of the Legal Aid Society, as its name implies, is to provide clients unable to afford the services of lawyers with unpaid support. The members of the society are recognized by the courts and may plead their cases as though admitted...
...tale has an obscure hero, another Lewisian lie-hunter who, to purge the last bitter dregs of pity and fear, gets his gentle eyes and mouth whipped to a black pulp by the K. K. K. before he is released. But the boar is the chief sacrifice and its name has the inimitable Lewis smack, Elmer Gantry...
...philanderer. They find him out in time to save their friendship and in a manner that saves their self-respect. Yet just before the climax, tragedy impends. In another story, the mother of a grown dolt launches him on a literary career by publishing her own work under his name. The son's character does not change, but the mother is much happier. Again: A dullish Mr. Mellish, given to heroine-worship, is taught his wife's heroism. An over-intense beauty kills two husbands with her love and ambition for them. . . . The normal living pitch implied...