Word: proceeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Primaries proceed apace. The great adventure last week was the Wisconsin Democratic primary. There Governor Al Smith of New York took victory away from William G. McAdoo. It was Mr. McAdoo's first serious set-back in a primary vote. Governor Smith had made no purposeful campaign, and pointed out that he had never had official notification that his name was entered. But Smith had the reputation of being a Wet; McAdoo is a well known Dry; and Milwaukee is famous...
There is some feeling among the Senate Democrats that the public is getting "fed up" on investigations, that it would be better not to press this one. There had been talk that having attacked Fall, Denby, Daugherty, the Democrats were ready to proceed to Mellon, Wallace, Hoover. It appears...
...officer of Harvard. As he ended with his appeal to the graduates and undergraduates of Harvard to serve their country "with devotion and sacrifice in peace as well as war," the applause broke out again and lasted until long after he had left the platform with his escort to proceed to the Yard and receive the greetings of the student body...
...high-school graduate desires special training in clerical or business work, he goes to one of numerous institutions established for his particular needs. For the rest, those who plan to enter the professions or pursue a study of the liberal arts go to a university, and the remainder proceed directly from high school to their chosen vocation, for which no special training may be necessary. It hardly seems, therefore, either that there is a genuine need for any new type of institution, or that existing college standards need be lowered. Those who can profit by a college education are well...
President Eliot and escort proceed to the Yard...