Word: northerners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the announcement was made, observers were at first shocked by what seemed the inadequacy of Senator Fess as a keynoter. To the casual-minded, he is just a bald, slightly weazened little man with a sapless voice, a sapless personality. He used to teach history at Ohio Northern University and the University of Chicago. He was President of Antioch College from 1907 to 1917. He rustles about in the Senate like a professor in an examination room, reminding heated debaters of the Senate rules, whispering concise answers and directions to his colleagues in the cloakroom. To have such...
...Civil War began. With the first outbreak of hostilities Lee was offered command of the Federal forces about to invade the South. He refused, said he would never again bear arms except to defend Virginia. Therefore, he was soon commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, that "carried the rebellion on its bayonets...
...Northern army twice repulsed, it was Lee's turn to advance. His offensive into Maryland ended with the indecisive shambles of Antietam. Thenceforward Lee was on the defensive, husbanding men and resources, retreating brilliantly, gallantly holding his own until there was no more to hold...
...bronzed and bespattered athletes began to arrive in Cambridge from the far-off sunny South. It will not be without a secret sense of satisfaction that Seniors condemned to enjoy their vacation in Widener Library or misguided individuals who a week ago sought the cooling solace of the northern mountains will read this morning accounts of tennis matches and baseball games cancelled on account of rain, of lacrosse contests played in mud and drizzle, and of snow welcoming the Crimson cohorts to Virginia. A cool, and even somewhat damp, vacation was enjoyed by all of those north of the Mason...
...Canada. When a corpse is discovered at the beginning of the first act, it becomes his business first to find out who committed the murder and then to lay hands upon the culprit. Having accomplished the first part of his duty, he visits a snow-bound sporting house, where northern whores are cavorting with their customers. Unmoved by these ladies, Michael Devlin goes on trying to get his man. At last he breaks into a dope den and gets a ratty, villainous Chinaman, achieving at the same time the love of an Irish colleen...