Word: victor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...babel that has been raised in altercation upon the problem of secondary schol education a lawyer's voice is added. Victor Morawetz, writing in the Atlantic Monthly, has stated that the primary purposes of a preparatory school are the development of the body, the establishment of a firm character, the training of the mind. It is essential, in his opinion, that every school graduate should write and speak clear, forceful English. Mr. Morawetz goes on to attack the present methods of teaching history and literature as mere systems of amassing factual knowledge. The blame for this he conventionally lays upon...
...California eleven last week interrupted Notre Dame's reign over U. S. football (see p. 23). But stronger than ever lives the name of Knute Kenneth Rockne. Bobbs-Merrill has published an autobiography edited by Widow Bonnie Skiles Rockne. A biography, published by Macrae Smith, has sold well. Victor's record of one of his "fight-talks" brings Mrs. Rockne about 5? a sale. The Spirit of Notre Dame is a current, popular cinema (TIME...
...Mourned the death last week of the Borah of France, Senator Victor Berard, 67, Chairman of the French Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee. He, the scholarly assistant director of the Ecole dcs Hantes Etudes, resembled Senator Borah in exceedingly few respects. After 44 years of preparation, Senator Berard published recently his great tome Did Homer Live? Weighing the evidence pro & con with vast erudition, he cautiously concluded that Homer in all probability did live...
...What is his reputation for truth, honesty & character?" was a question asked of Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd about his friend Charles Victor...
...When Mr. Joyce became interested in Great Western it had a terrific accumulation of unpaid dividends on its preferred. Mr. Joyce obtained the support of big shippers, saw that more & more freight was routed -via Great Western. He became chairman of the road, handling its financial policies. President Victor Vincent Boatner continued in charge of operations...