Word: prefect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stuff of romance is in this book;--hard riding Celts sweeping down upon Saxon shield walls; Drusus, prefect of the Damnonian March, leading forth the remnants of Roman civilization in Britain to quell the barbarian invaders; love, conspiracy, and battle in Lyonesse in the tumultuous days which followed the death of King Arthur...
...Kent's waiting list grew in popularity, it was seen that another school of the same type would be welcomed. Instead of lengthening his waiting list, Father Sill called to him his two prefects of '18, bought them another farmhouse at South Kent, five miles away, and helped them establish, not a twin, but an independent "younger brother" of his school. Twenty-four charter pupils were enrolled. Today, in its third year, this school (South Kent) has 51 boys, 7 masters and a waiting list of 100 or more boys, who will be admitted as fast as expansion...
...Golden Rose has long been the symbol by which the Vatican linked itself to notable current events, or expressed appreciation of outstanding acts of piety. Formerly it was given yearly to the incumbent prefect of Rome for guiding the reins of the Pope's horse in procession. Gradually the presentation has become rare until now, when the Rose to Elizabeth is only the second given in the last three pontificates. Only once has the Rose come to an American rulerLeo X sent it to Duke Frederick of Saxony, supplicating him, in vain, not to sustain Devil-seeing Martin Luther...
...curb still further the Italian press, the Fascist Government last week, caused the Prefect of Rome to dissolve the Managing Board of the Italian Press Association and replace its members with "loyal Fascists...
Last week in Constantinople, energetic Prefect Emin Bey of the police force issued to his henchmen stout planks bristling with nails. "Throw these," said he, "before speeding motor cars. If they cannot stop, their tires will be sorely, multitudinously punctured." A scientifically infallible method of testing brakes! The Prefect's regulations included instructions to chauffeurs and coachmen not "to joke among themselves in unseemly manner or indulge in obscene remarks...