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...Graduate School of Education the following eight scholarships were announced: University Scholarship, Robert Flick Rutherford 1Ed, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania; Phi Delta Kappa Scholarship, Roy Arthur Price 1Ed, of Chicago, Illinois; and six Faculty Scholarships--Eugene Burns GEd, of Los Angeles, California; Raven Orwell Dodge 1Ed, of Lowell; Roy Arthur Price 1Ed., of Chicago, Illinois; John Watson Murray Rothney 2Ed, of Fairhaven; Herbert Lewis Swan, Jr. 1Ed., of Winthrop; and Howard Carleton Seymour 2Ed., of Watertown, Connecticut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 72 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY VOTE OF CORPORATION | 6/9/1931 | See Source »

...little Master Robert With his wavy raven mane, In his cutaway and spats. And his topper and his cane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 16, 1931 | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

...date is probably late 1845. It not only represents him in his prime, but the self portrait is probably the most satisfactory picture we have of him at this period. In this he has given us with surprising skill for an amateur what the author of 'The Raven' thought he looked like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Poe, Artist | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...some months, except for a local radio speech, has the voice of Missouri's white-headed, red-faced, raven-throated James A. Reed been heard in the land. But last week, on the eve of sailing for a European holiday, he emitted one of the jibes for which he was long famed as Senator and arch-Democrat. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Flag | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

Into Baltimore's Wyman Park, on a dark night, up to the statue of Edgar Allan Poe stole Edmond Fontaine, Poe reverer. With flashlight he scanned the stone-wrought verse of "The Raven": "Dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before." The "s" in "mortals" offended Mr. Fontaine. He hated its sibilance, knew that there was no "s" in Poe's original version. So Mr. Fontaine determinedly edited out the "s" with a chisel. A policeman arrested him for defacing the public monument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 16, 1930 | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

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