Word: burtons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Convention was going on in Cleveland, White House routine proceeded with only a few deviations ?occasioned by a new loud speaker on the White House radio set. The President left the Executive Offices to go to his study to hear the nominating speech of Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton. At luncheon, he and Mrs. Coolidge heard the news of the nomination. He said nothing, but afterwards he went for a walk. Even the usual Cabinet meetings were held during the Convention. At one of these Secretaries Hughes and Hoover were the sole attendants; at another the same two and Secretary...
When he had done he proposed on behalf of the National Committee, Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio for Temporary Chairman. A Committee escorted Mr. Burton to the chair. The Convention by vote then confirmed him in office...
Thereupon Mr. Burton opened his mouth and from it issued the keynote...
That American college men are in a veritable state of bondage was the theme of a recent address by Dr. Leroy Burton, president of the University of Michigan. The impossibility of any self-determination in the matter of curricula prevents the student with initiative and capable faculties reaching the intellectual heights he might attain if given free reign. Dr. Burton would give the upperclassman freedom from the group course restrictions and would allow him to follow the dictates of his own enthusiasm...
...fact that educators of such eminence as Dr. Burton are becoming favorable to this plan is of moment, and should serve as an impetus urging men to develop their leadership and their interest that the application of such a plan might prove feasable. The Tech...