Word: belonged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baptist connections of the Uni-versity of Chicago have been so far relaxed that the President need no longer belong to that denomination and only three fifths instead of two thirds of the trustees need be Baptists. Chicago was the last of the great universities to retain such a connection...
...last strongholds of denominationalism fell a short time ago, when the University of Chicago decided that its future presidents should be chosen without the restriction that they belong to the Baptist Church. Moreover, the percentage of Baptists required on the Board of Trustees was lowered, and indication given of a more liberal policy in the future. Fortunately, this change was effected without any break with the Church party itself...
There are now 112 Harvard Clubs which belong to the Associated Harvard Clubs, President Marvin reports. Of these, 99 are in the United States, 3 in Canada, and 10 in foreign countries or insular possessions. The Harvard Club of Berlin has been reorganized under Ambassador A. B. Houghton '86; Ambassador R. W. Child '03, is president of the Harvard Club of Rome; and the newly-formed Harvard Club of Paris has completed a fund of 25,000 francs to send a French boy to Harvard, the first 1000 francs having been contributed by Ambassador Herrick
...that soon, when men who have been elected by Republican votes and supported by Republican newspapers and who call themselves Republicans, but who at every opportunity assail a Republican administration, President and Cabinet, are thrown out of the Republican party and over into the Democratic party, where they belong. I have particular reference to Senators La Follette, Borah and Johnson...
...According to Lincoln Steffens, American publicist, Mussolini likens the Fascisti to the Bolsheviki. The following words belong to Steffens, but the ideas are alleged to be Mussolini's : " Every country in the world has a throne, and every throne in the world is vacant; excepting only the thrones in Russia and Italy. No matter what the form of government is, be it a monarchy or be it a republic, there is sovereignty somewhere and a place for the ruler. But the ruler cannot be elected ruler. He can be elected president or premier, for, if he is elected...