Word: platform
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From Buffalo, Governor Landon turned homeward, made 15 rear-platform appearances in Illinois and Missouri. In Springfield he paid a duty call at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. In St. Louis he obeyed another political tradition by publicly kissing a baby, 17-month old Joyce Rushing, daughter of a Carterville, Ill. barber, and exclaiming, "My, what a fine, fat baby...
...occupy the area bounded by University and Sever Halls on the West and East, and by the Memorial Church and Widener Library on the North and South. The great outdoor theatre will contrast interestingly with the much smaller Meeting House and Pavilion where the Bicentennial observances were held. The platform at the North end (sketched by the late Charles A. Coolidge and completed after his death by his associates) will be architecturally an extension of the Memorial Church. It will be decorated with appropriate banners and the Harvard arms. A smaller platform for the Harvard Tercentenary Chorus and a band...
Marching up the main aisle to the platform, the various groups in the procession will be seated by the Marshals and ushers according to their rank, with the Corporation occupying seats in front...
After all are seated (which, it is hoped, will be achieved by 10.30), the Chief Marshal, advancing to the center of the platform, will make the traditional request, "Mr. Sheriff, pray give us order"; and the Sheriff of Middlesex, rapping thrice on the platform with the scabbard of his sword, will say, "The meeting will be in order...
Finally, the whole gathering, nearly 15,000 people, will join the Chorus in singing, "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past," and the benediction will be pronounced by the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence. The Academic Procession will then leave the platform in the order of rank, the audience remaining until the procession has left the Theatre. The morning exercises will be over, it is anticipated, between...