Word: younger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jawed Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, 54, Commander in Chief of the Bomber Command, was made Inspector General of R. A. F. and one of its four Marshals. To make way for him, Sir Edward Leonard Ellington, 62, stepped out voluntarily.* Both men are air veterans of World War I, younger Sir Edgar having the more brilliant record as a fighting pilot. Sir Edward served from 1919 to 1921 as director general of the Air Ministry's supply and research but is now considered old-school...
Deputies to the General Convention are not only all male, but usually oldish and conservative. The 1937 Convention voted down a less liberal amendment of the marriage canon. It will be news if the 1940 Convention proves itself much younger or less conservative...
Said Here and Now's editorial leader: "Critics [of the Younger Generation] gasp at jitterbugging, forgetting completely those 'immoral' gyrations that 30 years ago were the turkey trot, the grizzly bear and the bunny hug. They wring their hands as they view the diminutive church attendance. . . . One wonders why more of them are not seen in church. . . . The kids of today don't have the real stuff anymore,' they say self-appreciatingly. 'Why, when I was young, do you think . . .?' and so on ad infinitum. When we are looked upon in such manner...
Died. Sir John Harry Lee Fagge, 71; in Marshfield, Mass. An English-born younger son, he made a living mowing lawns, trimming hedges, repairing furniture in Pepperell, Mass., keeping his noble birth a secret until he succeeded to the bare-cupboard baronetcy of Fagge in 1930, sailed to claim his title, met, wooed and won the English-born widow of a wealthy U. S. manufacturer...
These "baby" deans have always held somewhat of a monopoly over the Freshman class, where their intimate knowledge of what the undergraduate is up to can be of most value. As the Dean's Office sees it, the appointment of younger men injects new blood and new ideas into University Hall, keeping the older members of the staff more closely in touch with contemporary student life. This year's crop of "baby" deans brought two new assistants to Dean Leighton...