Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...collectively five pounds a year for the support of the College for seven years, and it is signed by twenty-five or thirty of the inhabitants of Concord at that time. It represents one of the first attemps to raise money for the support of the College--a true predecessor of the Endowment Campaign of the present day. When it was put up at auction at a recent Harvard dinner in New York, it brought in $2000 to the present Endowment Fund...
This year's production, "They Never Come Back," which will be presented in Boston on February 18th, promises a greater success than its predecessor, according to the latest reports from the New Jersey institution. The obvious merit of the vehicle, which is described as "a modern musical farce comedy set in the atmosphere of Peru, the land of the ancient Incas," has already attracted 600 students to its support. The choice of the personnel from this number should insure a quality seldom equalled in the ranks of college theatricals...
This performance of "Pagans" must be the predecessor of many. The play appeals to a few basic emotions in a way that entitled it to long-continued favor
...have been active in the American Civil Liberties Union and its predecessor, the National Civil Liberties Bureau, and in consequence I flatter myself that the government has an unusually complete set of reports of my speeches. For further information you might consult the Department of Justice. That the speeches must have been rather poor is proven by the fact that I have never been indicted...
...vice-president will formally assume his duties next fall, but until then will serve in an advisory capacity to the present officers, relieving his predecessor, F. K. Bullard '20 at the end of the year. The office of vice-president is the highest undergraduate position in the board of officers in charge of the Union. Meeting with the Governing Board and with the Graduate Manager, the vice-president represents the students in the management of the building and in all questions of policy. All suggestions and comments from members pass through the hands of the undergraduate committee and are referred...