Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...weapon in his battle for Croatian rights. Three weeks ago he announced that Croatia would ask for German protection rather than continue to submit to Serbian rule. When Yugoslavian Premier Dragisha Cvetkovitch began negotiations, in the midst of Balkan alarms, Dr. Matchek took time out to say what he thought of the people he was dealing with. Said he: "We Croatians are wholeheartedly for an agreement, but if none is reached we'll be obliged to go our separate ways. If the Serbs go left, we must go right. If they go right, we left. If war comes...
...only Anglian burial ship ever found that vandals had not looted. In it was a king's cargo: plates of beaten silver delicately embossed, gold clasps inlaid with garnets and mosaic, a great gold buckle chased and ornamented with black enamel filling. Archeologists descending on the scene thought that the king was probably King Raedwald of East Anglia (now the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk), whose palace was at Rendlesham, four miles away. A coroner's jury, hastily convened, decided that plates and ornaments were treasure (abandoned publicly in the ground), not treasure trove (hidden for future gain...
...kept the partisan crowd of 1,500 in seesawing shrieks of delight and dismay before young McDaniel won the match and title, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Besieged by dusky damsels, Champion McDaniel was swept off the court, signed his autograph until his hand was numb. They all thought he was good enough to represent the U. S. on the Davis Cup team...
Teachers College and Business should get together, do Education and the nation a service by helping businessmen and educators to understand each other. Dean Russell thought likewise. Last week the idea produced a spectacular meeting...
...advise the college, including Chase National Bank's Winthrop W. Aldrich (chairman), A. T. & T.'s Walter Gifford, New York Times's Publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Last year, having found that educators and businessmen made uneasy companions, Dean Russell hit upon a cause that he thought would wed them: democracy v. totalitarianism. He decided to ho!d at T. C. a great Congress on Education for Democracy. He and Mr. Aldrich went to Europe to invite bigwigs to their Congress, hired John Price Jones to publicize...