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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the greatest confidence and happy anticipation that Yale can look forward to the administration of Charles Seymour, for to the position as President of a great University a man must bring not only a brilliant and scholarly mind but also ample proof of his executive ability to deal with educational problems, Mr. Seymour possesses these first two qualifications in abundance, and his background of education at Yale and service to it fits him additionally for the task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...have been given to understand that we can help most by staying at home and will be called if we are needed. If ever there was sure evidence of the value of a City Manager and the City Manager form of government, this great, quiet, unexcited municipality . . would be proof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 15, 1937 | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...Adequate proof of the proverb that "One man's meat is another man's poison," if nothing else, has emerged from the guerrilla struggle between the Harvard Maintenance and the United States Post Office Departments which has been raging in the basement of University Hall to such an extent that Martial Law has been declared in the University News Office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: He Bit His Nails, Pounded His Nails But Couldn't Control the U. S. Mails | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

...even such a hair-breadth distinction as this was not too small to be split by the hawk-eye wielder of the hammer at the Maintenance building. About a week age a brand new feel-proof device appeared at tached to the door. A package could get in, but an arm couldn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: He Bit His Nails, Pounded His Nails But Couldn't Control the U. S. Mails | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

...argue and present proof of matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Reform for New York | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

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