H.L. Mencken (18801956). The American Language. 1921. and Ver,
Lorch, von Deesten, Violland and Armat among the new majors. I
proceed to the roll of the Sixty-sixth Congress and find Babka,
Bacharach, Baer, Chindblom, Crago, Dupré, Esch, Focht,
Goldfogel, Goodykoontz, Hernandez, Hoch, Juul, Kahn, Keller,
Kiess, Kleczka, Knutson, Kraus, Larsen, Lazaro, Lehlbach,
Rodenberg, Romjue, Siegel, Steenerson, Volk, Volstead, Voigt and
Zihlman in the House. I go on to the list of members of the
National Institute of Arts and Letters (1919) and find
Cortissoz, deKay, Gummere, Lefevre, Schelling, van Dyke and
Wister among the writers, and Ballin, Betts, Brunner, Carlsen,
De Camp, Dielman, Du Mond, Guerin, Henri, Jaegers, La Farge,
Niehaus, Ochtman, Roth, Volk and Weinman among the painters and
sculptors. I conclude with a glance through Whos Who in America.
There are Aasgaard, Abbé, Abt, Ackerman, Adler, Agassiz, Agee,
Allaire, Alsberg, Alschuler, Althoff, Althouse, Ament, Amstutz,
Amweg, Andrus, Angellotti, Anshutz, Ansp