Word: needful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Certainly Mr. Bartlett must admit that Lincoln was fit for the presidency. Would Lincoln be an ideal president for Harvard College? A president of a nation does not necessarily need to possess the qualities to be president of Harvard College . . . . . . . What a calamity if Coolidge were to step from the national presidency up to that of Harvard College! Mr. Bartlett feels sure he is eligible. I, then, could very easily conceive why forty professors would "fold their tents like Arabs and silently steal away". Peter J. White Bove...
...ballots will have the names of the three leading candidates for the presidency printed on them and in order to vote a student need only mark his choice and sign the ballot. These signatures will be kept absolutely confidential, and will be used only in order to prevent duplicate voting and the use of fictitious names. There will also be a blank space in which the name of a candidate not printed on the ballot may be inserted. The three men who will have their names on the pasteboards will be Herbert Hoover, Alfred E. Smith and Norman Thomas...
...Some newspapers feel the need to inform their readers that 'A young Professor shoots his wife,' as though this was of interest to anyone except the professor's janitor and his immediate relations. Other papers
...Boston firm published The Vicar's Daughter "for we need just such simple, pure and cheerful stories here in America, where even the nursery songs are sensational." The modern tale by the same title (copyright presumably expired) at first leads the reader to suspect the vicar of an illegitimate daughter; then it, too, turns out to be a "pure and cheerful" story...
...strong for Hoover. The most important thing is that he is a real business man, and knows our economic situation perfectly. The best president this country ever had was a business man--George Washington. This country is a business concern, and we need a man experienced with business...