Word: oldest
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Down in Natchitoches, La., reputed third oldest city in the U. S.** Negroes lolled in the park and pointed to a little hillock. "Are yoh a good niggah, Sam?" asked one. "I sure am. What make yoh ask silly questions, boy?" said Sam. "Den, yoh goin' to have a statue on dat spot over dere." And at the base of that statue will be the inscription: The Good Darky of Louisiana. Erected by the City of Natchitoches in Grateful Recognition of the Arduous and Faithful Service of the Good Darkies of Louisiana. Donated by J. L. Bryan...
...Augustine, Fla., is the oldest; San Augustine, Tex., is the second...
Count Bethlen. Since 1921 Count Stephen Bethlen has been continuously Premier. His second cabinet, formed in 1922, is the oldest in Europe, having outlived eleven French cabinets, eight German, four British. During this time Count Bethlen's activities and his successes have been prodigious. He put down an armed attempt by King Karl (died 1922) to regain the throne in 1921. He visited Rome, Paris and London in 1923, persuaded those governments to reverse decisions of their own Reparations Commission which would have crushed Hungary financially; and substituted the League control of Hungarian finance whereby the country "came back...
Entirely aside from the program which this, the oldest musical organization in America will present, the concert interest in the fact that Miss Ethel Leginska will act as guest conductor. As a pianist, Miss Leginska is in the foremost ranks of musicians; as a conductor she instills into the orchestra under her baton something of that inexplicable power which makes for life in a piece of music without attendant loss in its character. Of the program, two numbers chosen from a large group of excellent compositions, seem to deserves especial mention the concrete of Grieg and the Marche Hongroise...
...announced their mutual willingnes to cooperate in a plan which for almost fourteen years had been the hope and goal of many American people--devotees of the drama. The University had missed what many of us considered a golden opportunity in the fulfilling of her obligations as our oldest University. The drama was one of the first of the arts; the culture and erudition of all ages had contributed to her glories. Mr. Baker had worked for years to accomplish in this field what Harvard has been able to do in so many of the liberal arts, and give...