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1 925 Kyle M. Joe G. James R.


 * Rise of Leisure Time and Mass Media**

//**The Phantom of the Opera**// is a 1925 silent film directed by Rupert Julian adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title. The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the woman he loves a star. It is most famous for Lon Chaney's intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere.

On December 6, Potts ville defeated Chicago, 21-7, to establish the best record in the league and seemed to all but officially clinch the NFL championship. However, two things happened: First, the Cardinals hastily scheduled games against two weak teams which had disbanded for the year. Secondly, NFL President Joseph Carr suspended the Maroons for playing a team of University of Notre Dame All-Stars in Philadelphia (and winning 9-7) on the same day the Frank ford Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play a game in Philadelphia, violating Frank ford's franchise rights. Although Carr warned the Maroons in writing that they faced suspension if they played the Notre Dame All-Stars in Philadelphia, the Maroons claim that the league office verbally approved the game during a telephone call.
 * 1925 Super Bowl-** Under the league rules during that time, the NFL title was automatically given to the team with the best record at the end of the season instead of having the winner be determined by a playoff tournament. Also there was an open-ended schedule during that season; although the final listed league games ended on December 6, teams could still schedule contests against each other through December 20 so they could make more money.


 * Air Mail-** In 1925, six years after the end of World War I. the US government was in the airmail business and trying to sell the service. Commercial airplanes looked like the one behind the lady's head in the ad.

**Major Headlines** The Scopes trail was a trail over the theory of evolution being thought in schools. The trail lasted 11days and the jury found John Thomas Scopes guilty and he was fined $100. The trail took place in Dayton, Tennessee with Clarence Darrow defending John Thomas Scopes. Clarence Darrow was one of the most famous lawyer of the time and he defended Scopes without a fee.
 * Scopes Gone Wild**

In 1925 Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his book Mein Kampf. The book show was was going though Adolf Hitlers mind when he try to eliminate all the other races. It shows how he believes that he believes that only he think that the German race is the best and they will take over everone.
 * The Book of a Killer**

Edwin Hubble discovered that there is more out side of the planet that we live on. Hubble found galaxies about two million light years away. The galaxies were similar to the Milky Way.
 * There is more Out There**

 ** The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. the Chrystel cooperation helped out in America. people now had a verity of new cars and more and better transportation. it also was a newer car out there so you would look good driving your auto mobile. John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. the television transmitter helped out with Brod casting signals to every one. that you can now everyone can watch TV and that it mad a great role in America.
 * inventions and advancements

The first Frisbee improvised by Yale university students the Frisbee was a great invention because lots of people love the sport. that there is also a spot for this game so it did get some where. it was also a smart invention i think.

Sports Figure- Cyril Joseph "Cy" Denneny** (born December 23, 1891 in Farran's Point, Ontario – died September 9, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. in 1925 he he lead the league in scoring with a total of 36 goals.
 * Personalities
 * A. Philip Randolph** (1889-1979) organized the Pullman worker into a union called the brotherhood of sleeping Car Porters. Most of the porters were African American men. He fought to get African American men and women better rights.



 **Betty Maria Tallchief** was ones in the Osage Indian tribe. She left when she was only 17she then became a prima ballerina with the New York City ballet. George ballanche wrote many ballets for Maria such as “firebird”. In 1996 Maria wanted to retire from ballet. She is still alive and inspiring more people to do ballet. In 1925 the song Sweet Georgia Brown by artist Ben Bernie was recorded and relaesed. It was the number one song of the year. [|The song lyrics and other members of the band can be seen in this link.]
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