Word: personal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Professor Bangs was jostled a little, but he says not much. He bears no traces of his being brushed aside by the march of the Freshmen as they paraded the Oval, either on his person or in his feelings. The damage done to the campus property was small...
...protest of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce shows, anxiety has become widespread, and, as Senator Edge of New Jersey gives warning, casualties may be expected to follow. In that event, the Coast Guard in the eyes of every sane person will be guilty of nothing short of murder. It lies in its power to forestall any such eventuality and modify its tactics to restore rights of citizens. Its duty perhaps includes the stopping of many boats, but there must be ways of stopping them without shooting at them. And even if it means a few boats get away...
...quarter-millennial celebration in 1886 a notable address was delivered, to which the thoughts of Harvard men are likely to revert in 1936. The speaker was, or had been, a professor in modern languages, but was far from being a mere linguist, or literary specialist, or otherwise a parochial person. He had been Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain and to Great Britain: none other than James Russell Lowell. Three years later this same Mr. Lowell delivered as the second President of the Modern Language Association of America an address on "The Study of Modern Languages" which deserves...
...smaller truck carries the personal baggage of the troupe, one suitcase only per person being allowed, army cots, blanket rolls, and the Delco engine. When the Jitney Players arrive on location, the stage manager selects the site for placing the truck. In a few minutes the big car is unloaded, and the unfolding process which is to end in a complete stage gets under way. The picture above shows the stage during the course of the play...
Regent Zona Gale was instructed to ask the Madison, Wis., telephone operator to connect her with Editor Frank in Manhattan without further delay. A deputation of the Regents was appointed to pack suitcases, entrain and wait on Editor Frank in person...