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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suggest a reprint of this article to be placed in the hands of social science teachers throughout the nation...
...commands to invite (blank for name) to a garden party at the Embassy on Thursday, the 8th of June, 1939. The British Ambassador's wife rose at 6 a. m. all last week to do the tough job of picking 1,300 names (900 in Washington, 400 throughout the land) to receive invitations thus worded under the seal & cipher of George Rex and Elizabeth. Her great name-choosing task ended, Lady Lindsay consented at last to receive the press and explain how her guests must behave...
Lady Astor rose last week before a conference of 3,000 women Conservatives, to speak in favor of a Government-sponsored bill abolishing criminal floggings. She found to her surprise that not only were the majority of the women for flogging, but positively rude about it. Throughout her remarks they chorused "No!" "Oh!" "Shame!" Lady Astor, no mean heckler herself, asked for silence first applause afterward. The chairwoman asked for traditional British fair play. "What about assaults on women and children?" screamed the female Conservatives. The Astor comeback was not up to standard: "The more...
Pressure was brought to bear on the committee throughout the day by many members of the Freshman Class as well as the Jubilee Committee, which expressed a desire for the Saturday date...
That a portion of the Harvard Faculty, that stronghold of virulent individualism, has taken initiative in protesting against the execution of Federal Arts is a challenge to teachers throughout the country. For teachers are not mere pedants whose work is signed, scaled and delivered with a diploma. They are custodians of America's intellectual and artistic life and as such should meet with concerted action this threat to a part of the Arts...