Word: onderdonk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...being a lazy southerner I do not think he can do it; but yet I do not know--but will make sure. Thence I to dress in my Spring suit and, Onderdonk--being the first woman philosopher ever I have seen--speak on Descartes, But the young girls, thirty-five I did count--stared at me so I did not catch all that was said; but know there was some talk on the syllogism and much about Descartes saying it did not increase knowledge...
Thence, I to thank Miss Onderdonk for letting me visit but did not tell her my thoughts nor did I give her the orange I brought for it seems she be so matter of fact and so clear-headed I was scaird. Yet, 'twas a pity for I thought a woman philosopher would be also a poet; and then again the orange was very good...
Francis S. Onderdonk, ardent anti-Nazi and extreme pacifist, will bring his "Peace Caravan" to Phillips Brooks House at 8 o'clock tonight, presenting his talking motion picture entitled the "Next War", as well as three short silent films...
...Onderdonk, who is presenting his selections under the auspices of the Phillips Brooks House Association, the Harvard Liberal Club and the Radcliffe International Club, was formerly an instructor in architecture at the University of Michigan, and gave lectures at the Harvard School of Architecture both this year and last year. Born in Vienna, he is now an American citizen and bitterly opposed to the existing government in Austria...
According to Dr. Onderdonk, the "Next War" is not a horror picture. Starting with the earliest types of warfare, it shows knights in battle and scenes from the World War, and finally visualizes what is to be expected in the war of the future, with the new type of tanks, bombing planes, submarines, poison gas, and other modern war inventions...