Word: patriarchal
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...play in itself does not merit a resurrection from the land of the dead and gone. When "The Miracle Man" appeared in book form from the pen of Frank Packard it was an effective and striking story, but in the play, George Cohan has treated the Patriarch of Needley, Maine, and his faith, strong enough to make a "gang of crooks go straight", in a manner which amuses but does not convince...
...Plumber from Kansas, C. C. Macomber '22Mrs. Piper, L. B. Ellis '22Agnes, their daughter, P. B. Ferguson '23A Rustic, C. C. Carpenter '24A Troubadour, J. F. Lautner ocC.Louis Pierre de Soupe-Hibbon, Albert Palmer 4E.S.An Orchestra Leader, H. E. Scott Jr. '22Admiral of the Swiss Navy, Newcomb Fuller '24A Patriarch, O. M. Oenslager...
...present a student in the Divinity School. The speaker will describe his church and the work of modern American missions in his country. Mr. Chatschumian has been in this country as a representative of the national church, sent to the Chicago Parliament of Religions by the Armenian Patriarch. At the close of the Parliament he decided to come here to Harvard to perfect his knowledge of the English language and incidentally to make some study of American charitable and social institutions. His ultimate aim is to translate the New Testament into the modern Armenian language. His address will be intensely...
...famous preparatory school. Harrow and Eton are the two great English preparatory schools, and are characterized, only to a lesser extent, by the same rivalry and spirit of contention that the great universities of Cambridge and of Oxford display towards each other. Harrow is among schools a venerable patriarch, being founded in 1571, but still is obliged to assume the humble position of younger brother with reference to Eton, which came into existence about one hundred and thirty years before its present rival...
...building in Cambridge has sheltered so many people of eminence, probably, as has the plain wooden structure which stands at the entrance to the yard near the Bursars office. Wadsworth House is the oldest building in Cambridge, and is in fact a venerable patriarch, dating its foundation in the year 1726, if we are able to believe the report. The venerable elm which overtops the roof of Wadsworth House was set out by President Willard, and not until sixty years after the completion of the house...