Word: northern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...minds of many it is a moot question as to what is the origin of the race of Guanches, the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands and a race now extinct. Some claim that they are descended from the Berbers of Northern Africa, but many on the other hand advance the theory that they are related to the American Indians," said Lt. Col. Charles Wellington Furlong in commenting upon that most interesting conjecture concerning the relationship between the Central American Indians and, certain tribes of Africa. Col. Furlong, who is a noted explorer and author, was a member...
...general motive of "Dr. Hyde and Mr. Seek" is to burlesque the prevailing type of mystery play. The action of the play takes place at "Aunt Margaret's Manor House in Northern Vermont,--one quart's pop from the Canadian border." The complications of the play are due to the combined efforts of Peggy's ardent admirers and various mysterious personages such as bootleggers, spirits, and members of the Ku Klux Klan...
...well argued that since this country was constructed on Angle-Saxon principles, none but Angle-Saxon immigrants or Northern Europeans closely skin are proper stuff for our "melting pot". By eliminating the fallacious idea that the United States is a "melting pot" and the sentimental idea that every immigrant whatever ought to a welcomed in, the soundness of this argument is apparent. But the immigration law of 1920-1921, which attempted to put this into effect, generalized too far. In the first place, there are certainly individuals from southern Europe who are morally, mentally and physically fitted for citizenship, just...
...will leave Princeton as they are filled. The first express trains for New York after the game will be drawn up in the middle train yard, which is nearest to the Palmer Stadium. Local trains for New York, stopping at New Brunswick, Jersey City, Newark and other points in northern New Jersey will be sent out from the lower yard. Trains for Philadelphia and southern and western points will leave from the upper train yards, which adjoin the regular Princeton railroad station...
Famous ecclestiastically as Archbishop of Upsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden, the Rt. Rev. Nathan Soderblom is popularly known as the best loved man in Northern Europe. He was born in 1866 in Helsingland and educated at the University of Upsala, of which he has been pro-Chancellor since 1914. He received his A. M. degree there in 1886, and in 1892, by studies and research, he won a degree as Doctor of Sacred Theology. At the University of Paris in 1901 he was the first Swedish student to secure a Ph.D. degree there. Archbishop Soderblom served...