Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Successful as the coach of the Sing Sing football team, John Law, captain of Notre Dame's 1929 team, accepted a position as confidential clerk of Sing Sing's Warden Lewis Lawes...
...would be very nice to be Vice President of Yale; I am willing to accept the Vice Presidency of any place," said Victor Moore, "Alexander Throttlebottom," of "Of Thee I Sing," and "Let 'Em Eat Cake," when interviewed by the CRIMSON. "I'd like any job in that line, it's easy work, and you have...
When asked about the significance of plays satirizing the government, Mr. Moore said, "I never realized how funny 'Of Thee I Sing' was until I saw the real Congress in action. Then I really appreciated Mr. Kaufmann's satire. I thought we were over-doing it, but after my visit to Washington I saw that we were only scratching the surface...
...Such plays don't have much effect on the government," said Mr. Gaxton. "Both our plays have been produced at opportune times, so naturally they were successful. But they did not affect the administration in any way the administration that 'Of Thee I Sing' was satirizing was so used to ridicule that one play more or less didn't make much difference...
...falls ill and blubbers about her in delirium. His wife is ready to accompany him to a quarantine island, from which no visitor returns alive, but it is Miss Julie who shuffles tragically along beside Preston's litter on its way to the lazaretto while her '"niggers" sing sad spirituals...