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Edward B. Sheldon '08, eminent playwright and author of the "Nigger", "Salvation Nell", "Romance" and other plays will be the new judge in the Belmont Theatre Prize Competition for this year, it was announced yesterday by the 47 Workshop...
...current use today retain the meaning which the group of letters gave." And accepting the tradition which exists in Ireland, in Greece and in Egypt of an ancient alphabet of sixteen letters the author seeks to prove that the well-known nursery catch, "Ena dena, dina, do, catch a nigger by the toe, etc.," is this lost alphabet, preserved by generations of children, who repeated it almost subconsciously, perfectly oblivious to the "depth of knowledge buried in the apparently meaningless words...
Concerning immigration: "Personally, I am opposed to anything and all things that Judge Gary stands for. When Judge Gary gets patriotic and talks the way he has been, there's a nigger in the woodpile, I believe. I think the immigration laws are good...
...German Professor, father of the girl, cames up panting: " Let him be tried by law." They reach the bridgehead. The leader calls for a stouter rope. Delay. The Negro whines: " Mister, before God, I'm innocent. That other nigger told me he did it. I would not die with a lie in my throat." The stouter rope is found, and one end is fastened carefully about the Negro's neck. He is is thrust along the bridge. The other end of the rope is fastened to the bridge...
State Senator Wicker was the only man voting against the measure. Said he: " There are lots of things I don't know anything about, but there are two things I do know about. They are mules and Niggers. You want to abolish the flogging of convicts, but I tell you corporal punishment is the only way a convict Nigger can be controlled...