Word: samuels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inauguration exercises took place in the amphitheatre to which the Earl and Sir Herbert Samuel, British High Commissioner, drove from Government House. The central tribune contained many notables. Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt, was there. He had been specially invited, as it was he who led the "ninth" or last crusade that delivered the Holy Land from its centuries-old Turkish domination. Others were: Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization; Grand Rabbis Dr. Hertz of Britain, Dr. Levy of France, Dr. Abraham Kuk, head of the Ashkenazic sect, Dr. Jacob Mead, head...
...first copy of "Fair Harvard", probably the most widely known of the University's present songs. The sheet bears the date of September, 1836, and the inscription that the words were "harmonized for the annual festival of Harvard College by D. Comer and written by the Reverend Samuel Gilman '11". This copy also throws considerable light upon the origin of the tune which has for some time been in doubt. It is commonly believed that it is of Irish origin because it is included by Moore among his "Irish Melodies", with the words, "Believe Me, in All Those Eadearing Young...
...school did not seem to be popcorn. To remedy this the lectures were discolored open to Seniors who had obtained the consent of their parents, "and not a few," says Mr. Samuel F. Batchelor 93 in his "Bits of Harvard History," with the morbid curiosity of youth failed themselves of this gruesome privege...
...feelings, the announcement was made. He will appear in the usual limited number of performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, and tour from coast to coast in a new series of concerts. What caused Chaliapin's decision may have been anything. It may have been Director Samuel Insull, whose alleged mismanagements have been loudly decried (TIME, Feb. 9). Last year, Amelita Galli-Curci, with a thin treble indication of wrath, similarly left the Chicago Company...
...like gunpowder placed in enclosed chambers," says Samuel F. Batchelder '93 in telling of the incident in his "Bits of Harvard History," the explosions were only more violent," and the warfare went merrily on. The kinds of ammunition used were many and various, but perhaps the favorite kind was hot potatoes dipped in steaming gravy. These were very effective, the records show. Moreover, the new method of segregation stirred up class spirit and thus added much enthusiasm to the conflicts...