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...Davidson's statue shows the influence of "The Covered Wagon" motif and hence will no doubt be popular in the balloting. His tall spare woman leans forward as she scrutinizes the prairie horizon for her Dan'l, who is probably delayed during a storm at Faro Pete's Saloon. The character might well be stolen from Fannie Hurst. She is not so vivid as his famed "Call To Arms" figure which everyone remembers as the woman with her feet planted flat, her arms upraised, mouth wide in battle call to France. Mr. Davidson, born and reared...
...allow his committee to investigate all 1926 Senatorial elections during the recess of Congress (March to December). In the debate that followed, Senator Robinson of Indiana, Republican "yes" man, opened a vehement attack on Mr. Reed. "The Indiana investigation of Mr. Reed," said Mr. Robinson, "degenerated into a garbage wagon with the venerable Senator from Missouri in the front seat. . . . I recognize the publicity advantages that would come to the Senator from Missouri between now and the convention in June, 1928. I can see where he would be accompanied by a troupe of newspaper reporters all over the United States...
R.J.S. McDonald SL, the first witness, testified that he had seen a tall student whom he believed to be Ferguson being beaten despite the remonstrances of the crowd. J.M. Galanis '29 described the start of the disturbance and the arrival of the patrol wagons, saying that the police leaned out of the wagon, and grinned when they were given a cheer...
...time sheets had arrived by this time and upon examination showed that one wagon had arrived in the Square at 1.15 o'clock and had left for Station 1 at 1.30 o'clock, having taken 15 prisoners in 15 minutes...
...Officer Gohane broke his club in two pieces. Officer Prior drew his pistol when the mob cried, "Get the damn cop!" Clubbing began soon after the students tried to tip over a patrol wagon. Besides ice and eggs, bottles, both pint and quart sizes, were hurled. Some of the students were suspected of having drunk intoxicants from some of the bottles...