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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following the prayer by the chaplain the University Choir will sing the Harvard Hymn. Shorey will then speak on "American Loyalties" and this, after a choir selection, will be followed by the reading of the poem "The Three Pharaohs". Another hymn and a benediction by the chaplain will close the meeting...
Members of Winthrop House will dine in a body at 6.30 o'clock this evening. After dinner Dr. L. J. Henderson '98, professor of Biological Chemistry, will speak to members of the House and their guests on "An Approximate Definition of Fact...
...added. Victor Morawetz, writing in the Atlantic Monthly, has stated that the primary purposes of a preparatory school are the development of the body, the establishment of a firm character, the training of the mind. It is essential, in his opinion, that every school graduate should write and speak clear, forceful English. Mr. Morawetz goes on to attack the present methods of teaching history and literature as mere systems of amassing factual knowledge. The blame for this he conventionally lays upon the threshold of the College Board Examinations...
...commemorative oration will be delivered by Paul Shorey '78, professor of Greek, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. Professor Shorey will speak on the subject "American Loyalties." Hermann Hagedorn Esquire '07, will read a poem entitled "The Three Pharaohs." Keys for the newly elected members of the Harvard chapter will be presented by President Lowell...
Frankie was a Boston Italian, second generation, so he could talk like a Heming-wayman and get away with it: his mother did not speak English so good. Frankie had left a fair job in a factory for a much better one, driving a truck for Bootlegger Visconti. His hours were long but he worked only one day a week. Good & bad luck hit Frankie about the same time. He met Rosie at a dance hall, and he got a warning from a rival 'legger that hereafter his weekly trip would not be safe...