Word: civics
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual convention of the Intercollegiate Civic League will be held in New York today. Delegates are expected from about thirty colleges, among them the Universities of Colorado, North Dakota, and Louisiana, the University of Chicago, and all the principal eastern colleges. The following will represent Harvard: G. G. Ball '08, H. Channing '08, G. Gund '09, R. S. Hoar '09, and H. Van S. Tracy...
...Winchester, a prominent Boston lawyer and Yale graduate. He said that it was gratifying to see that Harvard was supporting a Yale graduate, Taft, as strongly and sincerely as Yale, a few years ago, had supported Roosevelt, a Harvard man. He said that both Hughes and Taft stand for civic honesty and the purity of the country, but that Taft, because of his superior equipment and indomitable courage, was the better man. In closing, he said that Taft should be elected for he has always stood by the President and his principles. And these should be continued, for they make...
...following Intercollegiate Civic League article on "The National Department of Commerce and Labor" is written by Hon. Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of that department. Mr. Straus was born in Atterberg, Rhenish Bavaria, but came to this country early in life. His first important diplomatic office after his graduation from Columbia was his appointment in 1887 by President Cleveland as United States Minister to Turkey. He was elected a member of the permanent court of arbitration at the Hague six years ago, and entered his present position last year...
...also voted to send five delegates to the convention of the Intercollegiate Civic League to be held in New York on April 1. These delegates will be appointed this week by the president of the club. The League, formed a few years ago, consists of the civic and political clubs of about thirty of the leading, colleges and universities of the country, and its object is to form a bond between men in the various colleges who are interested in raising the standard of public and political life and further interest other men in the work. Delegates are expected from...
...following article in the series published by the Intercollegiate Civic League is by Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Evening Journal. Mr. Brisbane has also held the position of London correspondent of the New York Sun, as well as having been managing editor of the New York World. the article follows...