Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...months it had been expected; quidnuncs had talked of it confidently for many weeks; conservative correspondents had spoken of it with confidence for several days. So when it happened there was no surprise. John Wingate Weeks resigned as Secretary of War. Dwight Filley Davis, Assistant Secretary, was appointed to succeed him-becoming the second Davis in the present Cabinet,* and the second Davis to be U. S. Secretary...
Managers of the Dartmouth teams are chosen by a system considered unique among American universities. An ability to handle any sport, and the esteem of one's classmates are qualities without which no managerial candidate can succeed at Hanover...
Thomas W. Lamont '92 of New York, international banker and partner of J. P. Morgan and Company, has been elected President of the Harvard Alumni Association. At the annual October meeting of the directors of the Association, he was chosen to succeed Professor C. H. Grandgent '83 as President...
...however praiseworthy the purpose in Dr. Kennedy's mind, it is doubtful if professors alone will ever succeed in endowing colleges with a right perspective in athletics. Whenever the pendulum does swing to its proper position, the motion, will begin in a subjective impetus. Although faculties may be counted on for support, the solution of this problem in American education lies almost entirely with the students themselves...
McQuigg. New York, Illinois and Ohio contended for the favor of choosing the next National Commander of the Legion to succeed James A. Drain. But there was no great spirit in the campaigning, for the Mitchell issue overtopped all others. On the last day of the Convention the struggle was decided in a single ballot. John R. McQuigg of East Cleveland, Ohio, 59, whitehaired, banker and lawyer, former engineer in the A. E. F. (with rank of Brigadier General) was elected. His vote was more than twice that of his competitors. His attitude on the Mitchell question may be gathered...