Word: parks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stuyvesant Fish died in New York of heart disease. A directors' meeting of the National Park Bank was assembling. As Mr. Fish stepped across the threshold of the board room, he fell dead. So terminated the career of one of the country's great financial leaders and railroad presidents. A descendant of Petrus Stuyvesant, a grandson of Colonel Nicholas Fish of Revolutionary War fame, the youngest son of Hamilton Fish (Secretary of State under President Grant)-Stuyvesant Fish came from the stock of pioneers and joined the generation of great railroaders. Born in New York...
...Maud Wood Park, president of the League, in her opening speech, called to the attention of her fellows the importance of arousing citizens to take part in elections...
...women of 21 and over choose to disfranchise themselves. ... In 1920 there were 54,421,832 men and women in the United States eligible to vote. Only 26,705,246 voted." ¶ If At the opening session a rule was adopted limiting speeches to three minutes. ¶Said Mrs. Park: "The League never advocates the election of women to any position solely because they are women."¶ There was no crying of "Louder, louder" as at male conventions. When delegates could not hear they quietly raised their hands. ¶ Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, advocated participation by the United States...
...undergraduate committee at Bryn Mawr, asked by President Park to make suggestions as to the curriculum, advised that " required work " should be completed by the end of sophomore year, leaving two free years for elective work. The "required work" should consist of two years of English, one of science, one of history, one of philosphy and psychology and no Latin. Comprehensive or " general" examinations are favored...
...radio has awe-inspiring educational possibilities. An instructor in the Haaren High School delivered his lecture from the Waldorf-Astoria, and ended with a test question to which he unfortunately broadcast the wrong answer. To make it worse, the Superintendent of Schools was listening in at 500 Park Avenue...