Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soon the Commoners were summoned to the House of Lords to hear the Speech from the Throne. Seated on a bench before the empty throne were five noble representatives of the King in ermine and scarlet, like end men at a minstrel show. In their middle, was the Lord Chancellor, Sir John Sankey. Perhaps 50 Peers in ordinary morning clothes sat comfortably on their benches. Crowded behind the Bar of the Lords stood the Commoners. Thus once a year do the Lords of Britain put the Commoners in their places...
...received his diploma from Viscount Grey of Falloden, Chancellor of the University, statesman, bird-lover, fly-caster. In presenting the diploma Viscount Grey recited a long discourse in Latin ripe with many a classical pun. Myopic, he could not read the speech, was forced to memorize it. Toward the end his memory failed...
Here was rosebush pruning with a vengeance. Germany's hope of meeting even the Young Plan payments rests largely on further loans from the U. S. Berlin businessmen wrung their hands over the Stresemann "colony" speech. One of them said: "I hope Dr. Stresemann's words will not be interpreted to.mean Germany is opposed to the coming here of American capital. That would be calamitous...
...speech by Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Frederick Trubee Davison, a prayer by Navy Chaplain J. J. Brady, military music and air-gambolings by Army pilots and club members, completed the first air country club's opening program. Fifty-five planes were in the air at one time. In activity and gayety the scene was like a hunt meet or steeplechase...
...Keynote Speech. Dr. William John Cooper, U. S. Commissioner of Education, keynoted. Avoiding mention of Prohibition he pleaded for an undogmatic reorganizing of U. S. education, pointed to the "inevitable responsibilities which progress imposes upon education." He suggested more experimental education, commended the Experimental College at Wisconsin, the house-plan at Harvard, the segregated Freshman plan at Yale, the year-abroad-for-Romance-language-students at Smith, the Antioch plan of combining in five-or-ten-week shifts study and business or professional work. Lastly he pleaded for "individuality in a world steadily being leveled by standardization...