Word: topic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Repeating the same talk a few thousand times is most tiring," were the words of Lowell Thomas to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. Mr. Thomas is the author of "With Lawrence in Arabia". The subject of this book formed the topic of his talk in Symphony Hall last night...
...Vagabond stood irresolute, no, he was sitting--and silent. Just then the music swung into pianissimo and the violinist rendered a vocal solo. The Vagabond listened, hoping, nay praying, for a suggestion in the words that might provide a topic for small talk, however banal. The violinist's voice was excellent....What was he saying...
...accomplished specialists with important contributions. Marc Connelly, playwright & seer, provides the general forecast for the approaching year; Critic Nathan suggests a breath-taking change in post-Volstead nomenclature; Banker Streeter* supplies a startling opinion of what 1928 will do for Big Business; Florenz Ziegfeld dissertates on his favorite topic; poems flow from many a pen of unquestioned talent; and, to choose from a multitude of other writings what may be most significant, famed "Texas" Guinan sets down on paper an intense, concise, illuminating treatise on inebriety in its various manifestations. Despite the presence of some serious content, the almanack succeeds...
...Principles of Zoning" will be the topic of E. M. Bassett, Chairman of the Heights of Buildings Commission, New York, and President of the National Conference on City Planning in Robinson Hall at 4 o'clock today...
...Judd, Director of the School of Education at Chicago University, will deliver the Inglis Lecture in Secondary Education tonight at 8 o'clock in Emerson Hall. The topic of his lecture is "The Unique Character of American Secondary Education". The lecture will be open to the public...