Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expect Mr. Harding to choose men who represent the population of the United States no matter where their homes happen to be, or who speaks well of them. Sane, helpful advice is of great value, and no one has shown himself more aware of the fact than the President-elect. But it is asking too much of any man to listen to the opinions of those who seem unable to appreciate the fact that this is a country of Americans...
...German American Citizens' League for instance, passed a resolution urging President-elect Harding "to consider the number of Americans of German descent," when choosing his Cabinet, and another calling on his administration to reject the peace pacts of Versailles and St. Germain. George Sylvester Vireck, of the Committee, said he was prepared to suggest "Cabinet-sized German Americans," if he were asked to do so. It is doubtful if he will be asked; the United States is not interested in pan-anything, least of all pan-Germanism. No doubt there are German-Americans who are "cabinet-sized"; the point...
...opening game of the Freshman season against Cambridge High on January 8. Following the final selection of the 1924 squad Assistant Coach Wilson will have oversight of group "B" of the Freshman skaters, composed of players not selected for the first team and such members of the class as elect hockey to fill the requirements of the department of physical education...
Public announcement of the intentions of the president elect respecting Mexico would be improper and probably premature. But from what may be known it safely may be inferred they are practical and constructive. Peace in Mexico as elsewhere must rest upon an economic basis rather than a political or sentimental one, and it seems likely that the new Mexican regime realizes this as well as the necessity for negotiating help from the United States. If this be true we see no reason why we should not be able to assist Mexico to escape from the revolutionary morass and go forward...
Owing to the failure of Captain-elect K. Hawks, 1921, to return to college this year, F. M. Bundy, 1921, was elected to the captaincy...