Word: elected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...celebrated. The ist Congress met on March 4, 1789. Because of the conditions of the roads, and the casualness of Congressmen, a quorum of both Houses could not be mustered until April 6. Their meeting place was Federal Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets, Manhattan (pop. 30,000). President-elect George Washington did not arrive until April 23, was inaugurated April 30. Before the inaugural, Vice President John Adams, having a great regard for ceremony but no precedent to go on, was completely flummoxed. Said he to the Senate...
...Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, three on the outside by Prince-Marshal Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere. The papal flag was hauled down, the silken banner of the Chigi family hoisted in its stead. The conclave of 62 Princes of the Church, immured in the Sistine Chapel to elect the 262nd Pope, had begun...
...Teachers' Union is a manifesto for educational democracy. In its very essence it is a plea for democratization of the procedures of appointment and tenure. This plea takes practical form in proposals that all members of each department, from instructors to full professors, form a voting body, that they elect their own chairman, that they select by vote a democratic committee on appointments which shall make all recommendations...
...benevolent aristocracy may be the ideal form of government, provided the Olympian Elect can be found to direct it. But undoubtedly a situation where the older, more settled members of any department have a deciding voice in advancement and tenure provides a huge hole through which abuses may pour in. There is a possibility that the conscious or unconscious prejudices of the older members will determine their decisions, or that points of view not in agreement with theirs will be excluded so that the department becomes narrow and biased. The current Feild controversy is a case in point. There...
...Sophomore's loudspeaker lobby bombarded the electorate with such slogans as "Vote for a program, not a promise; elect Kerins;" "Eliminate inefficiency: elect Kerins," and "Vote for Kerins and get good government...