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Charles D. B. King, President of Liberia, entered upon his second term amid pomp signifying progress. A feature of the ceremonies was a parade headed by the President, his Cabinet, the Judges of the Supreme Court, foreign representatives including Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, colored U. S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Officers from English and French warships, a native force, well drilled, a company of girl guides added to the occasion...
...MIRACLE-Prodigal pomp and circumstance. Max Reinhardt and Morris Gest introduce Billy Sunday showmanship into religion...
Inside the Palace, Dr. von Hoesch was received by President Millerand in the presence of Premier Poincaré and the Presidential Household with all the pomp and ceremony customary on such occasions...
Inaugurations are usually attended with pomp and circumstance of some kind, often of the kind which causes the vulgus to "throw their sweaty night caps up." But the pomp attending the inauguration of Dean Comstock as president of Radcliffe will be derived solely from the impressiveness of the assembly and of the occasion. In this age of enlightenment when greater and greater numbers of young women are bent upon more than an ordinary education, the post of president of a woman's college has become no longer a sinecure but a position of great responsibility and labor. Because of this...
Peter the Great. Russia has been seized by the movies. The 18th century (when the Court conducted itself on a scale that only the movies can latterly conceive) is the background of the present opus. Intrigue, war with Sweden, all the old town pomp of St. Petersburg pass bravely in review. Yet the most impressive feature of the entertainment is Emil Janning's Peter. Under the play of his personality the moving picture book of history comes vividly to life...