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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Naturally the first few years at the beginning of a career must be spent in learning the tools of the trade and its routine. Therefore, it has been the policy of the Department of State in recent years to assign all new officers to rather distant spots as Vice Consuls in order that by mastering the basic elements of foreign intercourse which in the present day is mostly founded on trade relations between countries he may have sound foundation on which to build principles of action in his later career. Likewise he learns to be considerate of foreign customs...
...majority of the Freshmen will doubtlessly stay where they belong,--in the classroom, in the small conference groups, and in the lecture halls. They will do the outside work assigned to them, but little more. In most cases it will be wise to assign but little outside work. The men of greater ability and avidity however, will be less likely to loaf, for there will be something more to do after the easy B's and easier C's are collected...
...Bolivar's internationalism was due to the fact that he was married in Madrid, first swore in Rome to fight Spain, visited France, Britain, the U. S., was once self-exiled to Jamaica. Professor N. Andrew N. Cleven of the University of Pittsburgh has written: "We may safely assign to Simon Bolivar a foremost place among the great of the world." The world last week honored Bolivar as follows: U. S.: President Hoover sent a message, Secretary of State Stimson laid a wreath at the Pan American Union building in Washington. In New York, Patrick Cardinal Hayes officiated...
Though it was the last created (1913) and hence the "lowest" in rank, the Labor portfolio is easily the fourth most ticklish for a President to assign. His Treasury choice, most ticklish, must have the approval of the American Bankers' Association and Big Business at large. Next most ticklish is picking an Attorney General and on this Presidents invariably consult the American Bar Association. Secretary of State is of less definite, more external importance, causing a President to calculate how his Administration will be regarded by other nations. Then, having suited Capital, Bench & Bar, and the World at Large...
...ability rarely seen on any gridiron. It is practically impossible for one tackler to bring him down, and it is not until he has been boxed in successfully by several men that he is effectively stopped. It is not because of any desire to injure him that opposing teams assign two or three to go after him but rather because of necessity, since Booth's runs have to be stopped in the making, otherwise they will be disastrous to the opposing team...