Word: joinings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...position was this : The Socialists refused to join the Cabinet if the Monarchists were admitted ; the Monarchists refused to join if the Socialists were to be represented. Foreign Minister Stresemann threatened to secede from the Government coalition unless Chancellor Marx gave the Monarchists the promised seats. The Chancellor wished to admit both Monarchists and Socialists into the Cabinet. The enigma defied solution. Resignations, dissolution of the Reichstag, with consequent general elections, were hinted. Herr Wirth, onetime Chancellor, and Herr Breitscheid, a Socialist leader, were mentioned as prospective Chancellor and Foreign Minister, respectively. Only one thing remained clear: Something...
Many communications to the CRIMSON in that year reveal the great amount of hostility that was created by this lack of unanimity. The Chairman of the Independent Democratic forces, supporting Cleveland and Hendricks, appealed to the class of 1885 to join the Democratic ranks because Massachusetts Institute of Technology had thrown in their lot on the side of the Democrats, a fact which was untrue. An angry Republican immediately wrote the CRIMSON and said, "Now it may be asked if Harvard can, in respect to itself, turn out with a party which takes such shady methods to secure our presence...
...CRIMSON attempted to calm the storm by explaining editorially that "What we want is a large demonstration which will reflect credit upon the college. Men who are indifferent as to which procession to join should do as the majority directs...
...board fence is now being built inside the Yard. This fence will join with the regular Yard wall, enclosing, the entire site of the new building...
...University are now eligible for membership in the La Follette-Wheeler Club, since the rule that only former members of the Republican and Democratic Clubs could join, has now gone out of effect. No figures have been published as yet how many men were taken away from their original parties...