Word: robert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first a supporter of Woodrow Wilson, he grew scornful of the President's caution, eventually warned his readers: "Beneath the veneering of scholarly polish lies the coiled serpent of unscrupulous ambition." After rich Judge Robert Worth Bingham bought the paper in 1918 and supported the League of Nations (". . . inevitably Woodrow Wilson would be caught by such a whimsy . . .") Marse Henry quit in disgust. He died a few years later...
...once said to him: "Sonny, get up and give your seat to the gentleman." He read the Anatomy of Melancholy for his violent fits of blues, once cried out: "What have I not suffered from a look!" His good pal was hulking, roundheaded, roaring, witty, Rabelaisian Secretary of State Robert Toombs, great orator and charmer, who had once called Secessionists "bad men and traitors...
...Robert M. Boyd '41, New York...
...Robert B. Broadwater '42, Oakland...
...Robert A. Brooks '40, Needham, Mass...