Word: rolled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...roll of the teaching staff contains several new names and one which has been absent for two years, that of Associate Professor C. T. Copeland '82, who will again give his lectures, readings and conferences on the "Lives, Characters, and Times of Men of Letters, English and American." The course begins on October 6, and Professor Copeland will be assisted by Dr. T. L. Hood '08 of the University...
...agreed. At once Harry Flaherty of Nebraska rose and nominated Governor Charles W. Bryan, adding the 14th& to 13 already nominated. One ballot was taken. There were many complimentary votes for favorite sons. But the delegates were aweary, aweary; "they wished that they were dead." To save another roll call, they changed their votes to Nebraska's favorite. In just a few minutes it was all over. Hastily the delegates went, home from Sodom, from Gomorrah, home to the towns where fatted calves awaited...
...Walsh of Montana 1; Will Rogers 1; M. A. Coolidge ½ (or perhaps the trailers at the end might be Senator Copeland, Josephus Daniels, the Mayor of New Orleans, of Chicago or of Montpelier). No one having received the required number of votes, the Secretary will call the roll for the nth ballot...
...first place I want to say to you that the Democratic Party has candidates in abundance. We could call the roll of states and find in every state a Democrat worthy to be President of the United States [Applause]. I am only going to mention...
...compass, of the earth-inductor type, was announced by the U. S. Bureau of Standards. It is said to possess many advantages over the usual magnetic type of ship's compass, which not only has to be corrected by sun and stars, but errs with the roll and pitch of the vessel. When, during a test, the ship's compass oscillated two degrees, the new instrument was found to be free from "roll and pitch errors." It also moved freely and without oscillation when a sudden change of course was made...