Word: writings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor of Connecticut, my state. There lies a possibility there in which a great many citizens of this state take a great deal of pride; and we feel that John is plenty "smart" enough and has been bred up a fine young man. If you think I write from reading newspaper gossip or seeing John Coolidge's picture in the papers you are wrong. I have seen him several times, I have shaken hands with him once, and I have heard of a "smart" and kind thing he once did. An old lady could not get the window...
...until after a long campaign against smut-writers and publishers that he turned his eye to the devilments of the quack doctors and abortionists. It was his practice to write under a false address, or disguised, to pay a visit to these evildoers. This led to mistakes but the method was not without value. It was Anthony Cornstock who decoyed the notorious Madame Restell to jail and then drove her to kill herself. When he heard of the latter event, the reformer said, "A bloody ending to a bloody life." While he was not alone in his campaigns, few associates...
...competition for the best Freshman Class song that will be open until April 6 has been started and all first year men are eligible to compete. The words are all that is to be written. T. F. Mason '30 will write the music when the winning verses have been picked. This song will be sung at the Jubilee and will appear in the Red Book. All competitors should hand their work into James Roosevelt in George Smith A 31. If any further information is desired see either James Roosevelt or T. F. Mason Gore...
...Gouverneur Morris led the fight for the Declaration of Independence in his native state New York, helped draft the U. S. Constitution. His contribution to the Constitution is disputed. However, in 1804, Morris wrote to Timothy Pickering: "That instrument was written by the fingers which write this letter." James Madison wrote: "The finish given to the style and arrangement of the Constitution fairly belongs to the pen of Mr. Morris...
...BAND PLAYS DIXIE-Morris Markey-Harcourt, Brace ($2). Author Markey, the latest recruit to that swelling corps of young Manhattan newsgatherers who write disillusioned novels about wars, is not unaccomplished. His story has many an authentically stirring moment-a Yankee band challenging the Rebels with "Dixie" before the carnage at Fredericksburg; a sardonic Southern gallant shooting between his horse's ears on a midnight pursuit; the preparations for a lonely sabre duel; a bright-haired Richmond belle riding through magnolia-fragrant lanes and other pleasant spots. But the story itself is less satisfactory. The web of realism hangs loosely...