Word: kiwanian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then suddenly, and even more startlingly, he turned political interpreter ; knocked self-satisfied smiles of "our country, right or wrong" off Kiwanian faces; said: "If the time ever comes when public offices can be virtually bought and sold, then the downfall of the Republic...
...meal and one meal only it is pointed out is treasured by the average American business man: namely, the weekly Kiwanian or Rotarian luncheon which, though not always marked by excellent fare, is at any rate a leisurely and companiable occasion. But is is not the fortune of everyone to be either a Kiwanian or a Rotarian and therefore the non-fraternal portion of America is left with a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a tin plated armchair. The Forum author endeavors to solve the enigma. "To me our main difficulty seems to be a failure to make...
...state education chief, the two U.S. Sentors, two U.S. Representatives, two members of President Coolidge's National Advisory Commission to the .... Exposition, a school superintendent; a Rotarian, a Kiwanian and a Lion; a Protestant, a Catholic and a Jewish clergyman; an American Legion man and a Daughter of the American Revolution; a clubwoman, a Woman Voter, a Parent-Teacher representative; an adult executive each of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls...
...their chief officer, were electrified by a speech containing such statements as "The men who shout for more business in government do not realize the limitations of a democratic government. . . . Business in government would ignore the social duties of the government," discussed the memorial to Warren G. Harding, onetime Kiwanian, which has been designed by a Kiwanian architect, built by a Kiwanian construction company, erected with Kiwanian money in Vancouver, B. C. With due respect for the law, the Kiwanis decided to hold their next convention in Montreal-a choice which elicited a demonstration from the famed Montreal Kiltie bagpipers...
...Vice President of a Milwaukee manufacturing firm, long and arduous Kiwanian...