Word: saxonism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...approximately Nationalist "President" in the Anglo-Saxon sense...
...with the traditions of the North American film at all. He rather objects, for instance, to the idea that all children from south of the Rio Grande grow up to be craven desperadoes to be slaughtered or knocked out by iron-fisted vigilantes with curly hair, alleged Anglo-Saxon ancestry, and IT. He has a sort of a case, perhaps. But these Latins never seem to have a proper sense of good, clean fun and don't understand what an important and necessary part they play in film land...
...pursue this system will read particularly widely. The other plan is intended more for the man who means to pursue the study of English farther. It requires at least six elective courses in English, at least two others in English or allied fields, and a reading knowledge of Anglo-Saxon, the earliest form of the language. It is desired that all candidates for honors in English shall have some knowledge of Continental literature; among the modern literatures, next in importance to French and German is Italian. Of special importance are the classics. In fact, if a man plans to proceed...
Speaking from stout Saxon roots to Kansas Cityites, last week, M. Claudel said: "The Grand Canyon which I have just visited, is indeed a Hell of a hole, the most beautiful I've ever seen...
After quoting this stout Saxon catch, the Very Reverend William Ralph Dean Inge of St. Paul's goes on to say4 that England, although "less healthy than Scandinavia and Denmark . . . ranks with Holland as a very salubrious country." Prom such a mixture of ballads, statistics and dry humor he has concocted rather than written his thoughts upon: Empire, Industrialism, Democracy, and the Soul of England, each of which receives a thoroughgoing chapter...