Word: grier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Candidate Smith was praised on the East coast by President John Grier Hibben of Princeton University, who called him a "high type." Candidate Smith was praised on the West coast by Novelist Gertrude Atherton, great grandniece of Benjamin Franklin, who, addressing her fellow Californians before the crucial May Day primary, said: "Smith is the only man who has any human appeal. . . . He is a man. He is open-minded and openhanded. He stirs the affections. He is honest and direct. He is no humbug professing all things and practicing nothing. Vote the humbugs down. Women want real men to represent...
...compact and mutually loyal little body is the Headmasters' Association of the United States. It meets every winter, often at some college. Last week it forgathered with President John Grier Hibben of Princeton...
When Woodrow Wilson resigned in 1910 to enter New Jersey politics, many wanted Dean West for president of the university. A strong faction opposed the appointment, and the trustees compromised on John Grier Hibben...
...student should attain in his college work upon the basis of his showing in his entrance examination, his school record, and the psychological test given at the beginning of freshman year, the scholastic attainments of the undergraduates are showing a marked improvement, it was announced today by President John Grier Hibben in his annual report to the Princeton Board of Trustees...
...HENRY WARD BEECHER-Paxton Hibben- Doran ($5.00). *Established in 1848. Mr. Beecher was editor 1861-63. The Independent is still being published, in Boston. TIME, October 3, 1927 *Not to be confused with its President, John Grier Hibben, second cousin, once removed...