Word: scotlanders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Members of Parliament signed a petition asking King George to sign a pardon for two sheepdogs belonging to an M. P., which were convicted of worrying sheep in Scotland. The dogs had been sentenced to death by a local Police Court. An appeal was made to the Secretary for Scotland, who replied that he could reprieve a man but not a dog. The Lord Advocate advised that only the King could save the dogs. One of the guilty dogs is about to become a mother...
...total cost of this travel program will be $930 per man. A shorter trip has been arranged to include Paris, Belgium, Holland, and England which will cost $610. A special extension trip for $145 extra will include Scotland and the English Lake...
Besides the 43 states there are representatives from the District of Columbia, Hawali, and the Philippine Islands. The foreign countries represented by students enrolled in the School are Canada Belgium, France, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Greece, India, Japan Norway, Russia and Italy...
...agitation stirred up over adding the title Prince of Scotland to those already possessed by the Prince of Wales, continued to excite the Scots. At a dinner in the Authors' Club, attended by many Scotsmen, a toast was drunk to the health of "the Prince of Scotland." It was alleged that "there was no more beloved title north of the Tweed than the Prince of Scotland...
...presence of Queen Mary, Dr. Walter Button told an audience in University College of London University that Scots would drink the health of their future monarch with "far greater gusto" if he were known as the "Prince of Scotland and Wales." The Doctor said that the eldest son of the Kings of Scotland had been known as the Prince of Scotland since 1400, the title being assumed by right of birth, whereas the title of Prince of Wales was specially created (1301). The Queen smiled appreciatively...