Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Some 1,800 fresh-faced women thronged the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Manhattan-delegates to the 13th annual National Convention of Girl Scout Leaders. Their president, Miss Sarah Louise Arnold, made a speech to the effect that there is "more to hope for from the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts than from any other standardized form of education...
Commander Savage made a speech: "We are very happy to be here. We bring the salutations of the American Legion to the Italian Army and nation, past and present. We are greatly pleased with our reception, but not surprised, since we are in the native country of the man who discovered America...
...Apostolic Palace, the Legionaries, all dressed in their evening clothes, were met by smiling Swiss Guards whom Vatican etiquette forbade to salute. The Pope came forth in white. The Legionaries knelt. Commander Savage and a few others were presented. The Pope examined the Legion flag, made a speech...
Valedictory. In a congratulatory speech Dr. Alberto Guani of Chili, president of the eighth Assembly, brought the session to a close. Said he: "For more than three weeks the governments have been sitting in this Assembly. They have considered international activity in all aspects and they have surveyed their policy and I am convinced have decided their future program. Not one of them will for a moment dream of evading the unwritten engagements it has contracted in this hall. Not one of them will forget the discussions that have taken place or the conclusions that have been reached. That...
...Planets" is the subject of L. H. Campbell, who will lecture on October 18. Dr. A. J. Cannon will give a speech on the topic of "New Stars" on October 24. The final lecture of the series will be given on October 27 by Professor S. J. Bailey, who will talk on the subject of "Star Clouds and Nebulae...