Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such as "Prosperity Follows Service," "Be Clean," "Help Mother," "Get a Job," "Save." When one such marking, the simple number "31,"* was carved on a boulder on the property of Mrs. Leila Webster Adams, widow of Manhattan Architect Rayne Adams and descendant of early settlers, she rose up in protest, revealed the carver to be Roger Ward Babson, famed statistician. Explained Statistician Babson, whose family settled on Cape Ann in 1628: "The work I'm doing is part of an educational plan . . . which will take me some years to complete. ... In short, I believe young people when outdoors should...
...protest against the suppression of free speech in Los Angeles. . . ." began Candidate Foster. The Red Squad closed in. Candidate Foster was knocked down, dragged to jail, locked up on suspicion of violating California's Wartime criminal syndicalism law. His sympathizers were dispersed by Red Squad nightsticks, tear...
...Ignored the protest of Labonte Dr. C K. Cullen that "640 tons of munitions produced by a British Government arsenal are at this moment being loaded aboard a ship in London harbor destined for Japan...
Culbertson & National City. Rumors of the Government's intentions broke out like a rash. Diplomats representing all the Great Powers called to protest a decree not yet issued. In the thick of the fog labored large, astute, easy-mannered U. S. Ambassador William Smith Culbertson. After having had to deal with Rumanians as U. S. Minister at Bucharest, Mr. Culbertson rather likes Chileans. His protests last week were firm, not angry. He had done his best when the Davila Government finally handed him their decree, reading significantly in part...
Alumni opinion is of course divided, but the defense of the good old days appears less robust than might have been expected. There is a strong current of student protest. Three members of this year's varsity, headed by the renowned "Albie" Booth, have joined with Coach Stevens in deploring the exposure of first-team men to the grave risk of lost games. They assert that Yale teams "have been winning teams for sixty years," and they bespeak tender solicitude for a "splendid record" and a "noble heritage." The Yale Daily News fears "the complete obliteration of Yale's athletic...