Word: nonpartisan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well to point out that a College official such as the House Master not only identifies himself more closely with the properly nonpartisan attitude of the institution which he represents than does a professor but also comes into a new relationship with the undergraduate. The fact that many Harvard men are thoroughly out of sympathy with the aims and methods of the Watch and Ward Society makes it doubly desirable that University officials keep themselves from mixing in the many controversial questions with which the Society busies itself...
Last fortnight, The Pathfinder, nonpartisan, homefoiks' weekly published in Washington, published the results of a. poll of its readers (chiefly rural) in 48 states. The standing-Hoover 233,315; Smith, 197,408. Electoral votes represented-Hoover, 321; Smith...
...Stannard Baker ("David Grayson"), author and publicist, biographer of Woodrow Wilson. Reason: "Candid, progressive, humane." Nonpartisan, a friend of both Nominees, Mr. Baker kept both their pictures on his study wall until he made up his mind. Last week he removed the Hoover picture...
Senator Curtis then made 14 solemn promises, of which the following phrase was typical: "To enforce the laws without fear or favor." He discussed Farm Relief for twelve paragraphs, suggesting that a small, nonpartisan, joint committee of Congress be appointed to work out a plan. To Law Enforcement he gave five very Dry paragraphs: "The Constitution of the United States is the Keystone of our national strength, our pride in the hour of prosperity, our consolation and rallying point under every pressure of adversity . . . etc., etc." "I believe in meeting an issue squarely," he said. Next came Women, then...
...Straight" Reporters. Humblest, because their names seldom appear; most serviceable, because they are instructed to be nonpartisan, to avoid prediction or speculation, to report no anonymous opinions, to report happenings factually and completely; most influential, because their reports reach by far the greatest number of people-are what might be called the Straight Reporters, the correspondents of the big news services. This year the Associated Press keeps two men and a woman, the United Press one man, near each Nominee continually. Writing their cautious, colorless reports, these writers are either unsung heroes or stenographic automata...