Word: maryland
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...business careers-there were an insurance underwriter, an adman, a financial analyst for the Ford Motor Co. But many of the St. Johnnies who had gone to work seemed to have offbeat tastes. One alumnus was producing Chinese films; another had become a ballistics expert; three were fanning in Maryland. There were also an able seaman, an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, a professional Marine Corps officer, and a researcher for the State Department's Voice of America program...
...Beta Kappa Societies all over the country organized into a National Council of United Chapters so that they could combine their "talents." At this time the long defunct Maryland chapter went on the active list again...
Cannon died a poor man in 1944, all but forgotten by a new generation which was facing fiercer foes of the moral order than Demon Rum. But only 15 years before, Maryland's Senator William Cabell Bruce had risen on the Senate floor to speak the indignation that many another angry church member must have felt: 'God forbid that any clergyman of this kind should ever come near me for the purpose of exercising any office that appertains to his profession. If he were to sprinkle baptismal water upon the head of a child, I should expect...
...four game spring tour, featuring games with Navy and Maryland, among the leading lacrosse powers in the nation, gave Coach Bruce Munro a chance to see the team's weaknesses. Now, a full week of careful work on the sore spots has brought the team up to efficient operation...
...Maryland, another top team in the strong southern lacrosse group, scouted the Navy game and expected an easy win when they played Harvard on Friday before 1500 people. The Crimson played its first hard checking game of the trip, however, and succeeded in losing by a more respectable score...