Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...discovered that he, smooth of hair, chiseled of chin, impeccably attired, was expert at mapping out White House ceremonials. It was he, for example, who lately and finally ranked "the ladies of the land," as follows: Mrs. President, Mrs. Vice President, Mrs. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mrs. Speaker of the House, Mrs. Secretary of State...
...purely Congressional parties, the above ranking does not hold good. Not even James Clement Dunn ever split the hair of precedence between Mrs. President of the Senate (who is also Mrs. Vice President of the U. S.) and Mrs. Speaker of the House, who remain equally august in their husbands' bicameral spheres. Perhaps this hair will never be split, for, last week, James Clement Dunn's efficiency at policing drawing rooms was recognized by his promotion to the head of a newly created "Division of Protocols" in the State Department. His newly added duties will be to arrange...
...night last week, Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the U. S. House seized his home telephone and spoke excitedly to policemen, firemen. According to report his words were: "Something terrible is happening in my cellar! The furnace has gone flooey! It's going to explode!'' Policemen lumbered. Firemen dashed. In the Longworth furnace, they discovered a broken water coil, ripped it out. Mrs. Longworth, "fourth lady of the land" (see p. 7), served coffee & perfectos...
After graduating from Wesleyan, where Dr. Crane was a prominent athlete, he studied at Harvard and Boston University. He is known as a very forceful speaker and has recently lectured at more than 30 colleges in America...
...principal speaker of the evening will be E. E. Whiting '97, of the Boston Herald. Mr. Whiting has been prominent in the newspaper field for a number of years and at present conducts Whiting's Column. He will uphold the negative side of the discussion, supported by R. A. Stout '29 of the CRIMSON. Ira Sherman 3L, will discuss the legal aspect of the problem as an affirmative speaker, together with Morison Sharp '29. The student speeches will be from 10 to 15 minutes in length...