Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reported of Marshal Foch that once, as he was standing with General Pershing and many of the leaders of the British and French armies, someone asked him how he proposed to turn back the apparently irresistible Teuton and conduct his final campaign. Without a word the Marshal, stooping over, drew with his cane in the dust of the roadway the plan of battle which was to end in victory the following November...
...need waste any breath exhorting the team to fight its hardest: it will do that without being told. But for the rest of us, this week must be an all-absorbing campaign to back the team and make its fighting more effective. Many people will listen to the croaking of pessimistic prophets; the betting odds may be against us. But all the more reason to support the team to the utmost--and beyond. Victory next Saturday will be all the sweeter for the obstacles to be overcome...
...though it is almost incredible that the attacks of such dalies as the "New York Tribune" should have had so little effect, their failure is not entirely inexplicable. Aside from the fact that the Fusionists picked a not particularly strong candidate who made some costly mistakes in the campaign, the methods of the Fusion press were not best calculated to win the support of the voters. There was too much "mud-slinging", too much discrediting not only of Tammany but of New York...
...financial statement of the Sophomore class, submitted by Corliss Lamont, the retiring treasurer, shows a balance on hand of $2412.31. The itemized report is as follows: Receipts First class canvass, $2881.85 Clean-up campaign, 498.00 Interest on deposit, 26.30 Total, $3406.15 Expenditures Bad checks, $33.00 1920-21 Student Council Dues, 30.00 1921-22 Student Council Dues, 20.00 Printing, 59.85 First Get Together meeting, 53.64 Second Get Together meeting, 129.50 Class smoker, 368.20 Jubilee, 285.65 Class banner, 14.00 Total, $993.84 Balance in bank, 2412.31 Total...
...School Committees is in danger of being neglected. The importance of the results are obvious; politics should have no place in providing for the education of children. The Good Government candidates, headed by Mrs. G. P. Baker, have recognized this fact, and have not carried on a heated campaign...