Gooch Named Director of University Institute of Public Affairs
Dr. Robert Kent Gooch professor of political science at the University of Virginia was named director of the university’s Institute of Public Affairs for the 1938 session following the death of Dean Charles G. Maphis who led the institute for over a decade. The appointment keeps the institute as a continuing university responsibility.
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Charlottesville
Robert Kent Gooch
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Charles G. Maphis
Gooch
John Lloyd Newcomb
Maphis
Rhodes
Oxford
College of William and Mary
France
England
Dean Maphis
Snake Encounters Man as Five Foot Snake Appears
San Francisco resident San Juan Juanna woke at 6 a.m. to find a five foot snake in his fourth floor hotel room. alarmed, Juanna called for help and Jerry Calmadge from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals captured the reptile with a long pole. The origin of the intruder remains unexplained.
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San Francisco
Lee Juanna
Jerry Calmadge
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Juanna
Will Rogers Humorous Story About Lions and Christians
A Will Rogers humorous piece recalls a Sunday School scene in a London museum. A teacher comforts a crying child by noting punishment of the cruel Romans while the girl points to a lion still lacking a Christian.
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London
Coliseum
Rome
American News Features, Inc
Appreciation Of John Mason Brown Lecturing Here
R G praises John Mason Brown drama editor of the New York Post for three seasons bringing Broadway plays to town in printed form without scenery. He highlights Brown’s clear criticism, Mrs. Gilpin as producer, and the town’s appetite for strong plays like Our Town and Of Mice and Men.
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New
Soe
Broadway
Frank Craven
Martha Scott
John
Prometh
Morosco
New England
Our Town
Pulitzer Committee
Peter Holden
Shirley Temple
Susan
God
Miss Lawrence
Harvard
Franklin Roosevelt
Boake Carter
Mr. Cross
Mr. Brown
John Mason Brown
The Need for Self Worth Without Cruelty
A reflection on how people seek importance by belittling others and the toll it takes on both targets and public figures. It cites Helen Westley, John Dewey, and Margaret Mitchell as examples of fame, criticism, and burnout, urging appreciation over ridicule.
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Greenwich Village
New York City
Helen Westley
Theatre Guild
Broadway
Hollywood
America
United States
John Dewey
Columbia University
Dewey
Open Door Bible Class to Welcome W. W. Glass as Guest Teacher
Former Winchester mayor W. W. Glass will guest teach the Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. His topic is Serving Through Christian Citizenship. A duet by Mrs. Harry Ridgeway and Miss Linda Morrison with piano by Mrs. Leonard Sirbaugh will follow around 10:30. Members are urged to arrive on time and bring friends. strangers are welcome.
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W. W. Glass
Winchester
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Glass
Harry Ridgeway
Linda Morrison
Leonard Sirbaugh
Delegates Return From Lodge Meeting In Virginia
Delegates Alvin Shade Walter Bush Ray Eversole and L M Payne returned from Lynchburg Virginia where they attended the State convention of the Order of Fraternal Americans as delegates from Loyal Council Winchester The convention was well attended and the invitation of Alexandria for the 1939 session was accepted.
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Alvin Shade
Walter Bush
Ray Eversole
L. M. Payne
Lynchburg
Order of Fraternal Americans
Loyal Council
Winchester
Alexandria
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