Word: schoolchildren
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gradually, by outliving other Union veterans, Albert became a celebrated man in Duluth, where he had settled down. Harry Truman sent him a telegram on his 100th birthday in 1947. Duluth schoolchildren collected 27,652 pennies, and had his portrait painted in the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic...
...Elementary schoolchildren: Tom Corbett, My Friend Irma, Red Skelton, Roy Rogers, Stu Erwin...
With flags, band music and thunderous oratory, Cuba last week celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the birth of José Martí, the island's liberator. A ballet, headed by Cuba-born Alicia Alonso, performed nightly in an outdoor theater; 7,000 torch-bearing paraders marched at midnight; schoolchildren dropped a thousand white flowers at the base of the Marti monument. For a week, Cubans laid aside strong talk about their strong man, General Fulgencio Batista, and gave themselves over to honoring one of Latin America's greatest, though least known, historical figures...
...Chicago last week, Northwestern University's Professor Paul Witty released his third annual report on the TV reactions of schoolchildren, parents and teachers. About the only thing they all agreed on was I Love Lucy-easily the most popular show among elementary moppets, teen-agers and parents. Even teachers, who placed news shows first, ranked Lucy as a popular fifth preference...
Last week, after 121 years, Samuel Smith was still contributing his mite, but this time to another sort of cause. Three months ago Brooklyn Lawyer Arthur Levitt, a member of New York City's school board, proposed that New York schoolchildren sing parts of Smith's anthem at the start of each day. Up until then the mention of God had been practically taboo in the public schools, and Levitt had offered his idea as a substitute for a regular morning prayer, to which secular groups strenuously objected. Last week after months of worried debate, the school board...