Word: deale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prefer) : and deserves no belittling by you. He is such a "smart son" that he is received into the good graces of the daughter of the Governor of Connecticut, my state. There lies a possibility there in which a great many citizens of this state take a great deal of pride; and we feel that John is plenty "smart" enough and has been bred up a fine young man. If you think I write from reading newspaper gossip or seeing John Coolidge's picture in the papers you are wrong. I have seen him several times, I have shaken...
...work will probably be issued in three volumes, each about the size of the Quinquennial Catalogue. There may also be issued a one volume abbreviated edition for popular consumption. The first two volumes will deal with the narrative history of the College from its beginning to the present day, and will be written by Professor Morison. The third volume will be composed of monographs on the history of the different departments and graduate schools during the last 50 years, and will be written by the older members of the Faculty...
...preliminary chapters of the two volumes to be written by Professor Morison will deal with English and Continental colleges which the founders were trying to imitate. Old prints, plans of the College Yard at various stages of development, portraits of prominent benefactors, and the like will be used for illustration...
...There's the woman who runs me. . . . She has a great deal of sense," said the late John Pierpont Morgan, years ago, when his daughter Anne left his library after having interrupted a group of business bigwigs...
...that the President had to make the choice between incompetence and the loss of support of the Anti-Saloon League. He chose incompetence. Possible votes twenty months from now, then, are of more importance than present and effective administration of government. And no one seems to care a great deal perhaps because no one will cavil at ineffective dry administration...