Word: uniforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pacifist Ernest Meyer was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin when war came to the U. S. in the spring of 1917. On his draft questionnaire he wrote: "I shall refuse . . . all combatant and noncombatant service." The University expelled him. At Camp Taylor he would not wear his uniform, was put under guard with the other conscientious objectors, tried three times, sent to Fort Leavenworth, finally dismissed after the Armistice. Now he works on the editorial staff of the Capital Times, liberal Madison, Wis., newspaper of the La Follette organization...
Last year J. P. Chase '28, second baseman on the nine two years ago, received both awards. In 1928, H. W. Burns '28, probably the fastest man ever to cavort on Soldiers Field turf in a baseball uniform and captain of the 1928 nine, was the recipient...
Near the Presidential dais, their hips unslapped, sat the envoys of foreign countries, all in full dress uniform, all raised for the occasion to the rank of Ambassador. Among them, inconspicuous but potent, sat Reuben J. Clark delegated by U. S. President Hoover as his special personal Ambassador in the absence of regular Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, now in London at the Naval Conference...
...minutes past twelve. A bugle blew. The cannon in the parking space banged out a 21-gun salute. Soldiers in black dress uniform snapped to present arms. Three bands simultaneously struck up the Himno Nacional Mexicano ("Mexicans! to the cry of war . ."). Detectives and police stalked up and down the rows of seats looking for possible assassins. Entered portentously the President-Elect, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, large-toothed and smiling, a green, white and red sash across his chest, accompanied by his predecessor, Emilio Fortes...
...full uniform ablaze with medals Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marques de Estella, Duque de Ajdir, Grandee of Spain, Prime Minister, arrives at the Royal Palace and is formally received by His Most Catholic Majesty, Alfonso XIII, by the Grace of God King of Spain...