Word: calvinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...advertisement, of course, for the Saturday Evening Post. Readers ascertained on closer scrutiny that Mr. Rogers was permitting this journal to publish a series of open epistles indited by him to Calvin Coolidge. He had never, he declared, talked to the President. Indeed, the first letter began with an apology. Mr. Rogers was sorry that on his recent visit to Washington he had not called at the White House. He had been too busy. Then, too, he was not sure that the President had any servants; the visit might have been an embarrassment. So he contented himself with giving...
...Dwight Whitney Morrow, Morgan partner. Mr. Morrow is also an old friend (Amherst classmate) of Calvin Coolidge-was, perhaps, Mr. Coolidge's best friend among the great, before he became President. But, so far, Mr. Morrow has had no overt connection with the Administration, except to tackle the thankless thorny job of aviation investigation. And his influence upon Mr. Coolidge's appointments has been conspicuously negligible-much too negligible in many people's opinion...
...Calvin Coolidge is pretty much of a child in the hands of his wife and his exterior frigidity is not reflected in his home life. If it were, she would laugh...
...mother objected* to her marrying Calvin Coolidge. Mrs. Goodhue has been quoted as having said she 'never liked that man from the day Grace married him, and the fact he's become President of the U. S. makes no difference...
...coming year. New officials, men of prominence, were elected: Walter W. Head of Omaha, President (succeeding Milton A. McRae of Detroit); Mortimer L. Schiff of Oyster Bay, Vice President, also Milton A. McRae; George D. Pratt, Treasurer; Daniel Carter Beard, National Scout Commissioner (re-elected). The honorary officers include Calvin Coolidge, President, and Vice Presidents William H. Taft, William G. McAdoo, Colin H. Livingstone...