Word: absentia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Town &. Country. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, President in absentia of Stanford University, opined: "We have gathered great numbers of our children into concrete and brick cities. ... It is very difficult to bring up children with the sense of responsibility which is so important, with the electric or gas stove, chemical refrigeration and milk coming in a sterilized bottle...