Word: speech
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Then along came an Armenian rugman with a luxurious 40 foot carpet but once more Lampy wasn't at home. And then came the climax of the evening. Not a speech by a prominent graduate, but another kind of speaker. One equally raucous, one equally unintelligible, but one of only indirect Lampoon descent. Just an old-fashioned goose. Sibi by name...
...reaffirmation of the plea for the study of American history as a stabilizing force in the life of the country, first utered in his annual report this year, was made by President Conant last night in a speech before the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City at their Semi-Centennial Celebration...
...President took as the title of his speech "Learning's Necessity for an Able Minister" from that of a 17th century pamphlet containing a plea for the defense of the universities from the Puritans...
...dean of American educators to embroil himself in political questions. If, as President Conant evidently believes, the precedent may "eventually jeopardize the liberties guaranteed under the Bill of Rights", there can be no doubt as to the compelling necessity for him to protest, for the maintenance of "freedom of speech and inquiry" is the very staff of life for educational institutions. Deprived of such liberty, they perish intellectually, even though their material shell be preserved...
This morning his doctors will decide whether he can leave for New York to deliver his scheduled speech there tonight before the Jewish Theological Seminary. If they decide he can not leave, officials of the National Broadcasting Company said they would install necessary equipment in the President's house so that the address, "Learning's Necessity for Religion", could be broadcast tonight at 9:30 o'clock over the nationwide Red Network...