Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That on and after midnight of February twenty-second, year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty eight, no mask or visor shall be upon the helmet of the regalia of any Klansman. It shall therefore be unlawful for any Klansman to wear any mask or visor as part of his regalia, and each Klansman . . . shall . . . become a member of the Knights of the Great Forest...
Elected. Joseph W. Wear, of Philadelphia, onetime Yale athlete, six times winner (1920-24, 1926) with Jay Gould of the national court tennis doubles; to be chairman of the Davis Cup Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association; to succeed Julian S. Myrick, of Manhattan, chairman since...
...Florida bound, were robbed of their clothing and valuables one night last week before the train reached Atlanta, Ga. They suspected a young couple who got off at Atlanta next morning, rushed into the passenger station after them, had them arrested. Negro baggagemen were amazed that white folk should wear blue pajamas and pink negligees in a public place in broad daylight...
...Paris, in the city to which people have come for centuries when they wished to create beauty or to have it admired, where even a roly-poly pastry cook may wear a long tie and the title of the proudest profession, Ralph Adams Cram, famed U. S. architect, last week addressed the American Club: "The arts of the world are suffering an eclipse," said Architect Cram. "Creative music has almost ceased. Painting has fallen back and sculpture is in almost the same condition." Soon Architect Cram qualified this lugubrious assertion: "All the arts except American architecture have fallen back...
...University of Michigan since 1925. One expects such a man to keep on doing the unexpected. Last week he did it again, announced plans for a new uni versity beside and besides the one he already runs. U. S. universities have long been criticized because their effects wear off so soon. At Michigan, President Little hopes to change all this, will keep the alumni brains a-bubbling, cooperating with faculty and students. Surprised, pleased, a thousand graduates have already asked to join the scheme. It will be open to all of Michigan's 67,000 alumni. Each may choose...