Word: ripon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...England three years ago, but he had performed so badly that Massachusetts YR's refused to elect him a delegate to either of the last two conventions. Nevertheless, with the national chairman's backing, he won the convention over Brandt, who was tagged as an associate of the liberal Ripon Society...
...Lardner's own constructive suggestions are notable by their absence, other than to wax vitriolic about the "consummate self-indulgence" of running a candidate for President in 1968. Does he counsel that the left join the Ripon Society in an effort to encourage Charles Percy's nomination? Or do we simply pray, maybe to Luci J. Nugent's "little monks," that an acceptable Republican is nominated? Or, if an unacceptable nominee emerges, and if Johnson has not changed his War policy, do we all get drunk on election day? The most iniquitous form of self-indulgence is a refusal...
Many moderate Republicans are hoping that somebody will slam the door on Reagan. In an envenomed editorial on "Creeping Reaganism" in its monthly newsletter, the liberal Ripon Society said that his candidacy would turn 1968 into a year of "disaster and disunity" rivaling 1964. "It is a misreading of the '64 election," it said, "to think that a better-manicured man, lacking Goldwater's crusty honesty, can turn the same programs into victory
...appointment of Christ-Janer adds to the growing reputation of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (Beloit, Carleton, Coe, Cornell, Grinnell, Knox, Lawrence, Monmouth, Ripon and St. Olaf) as a breeding ground for major-university presidents. In 1964, Grinnell's Howard Bowen stepped up to the University of Iowa, while Lawrence has lost two former presidents to other and larger institutions-Nathan Pusey to Harvard and Douglas Knight to Duke...
...Ripon report will be submitted to all Republicans in Congress as well as all the G.O.P. Governors. W. Stuart Parsons '62, the national coordinator for the Society said Monday that "if enough interest was generated by our proposals, we would consider asking members at law schools to draft a piece of legislation implementing our plan...