Word: succession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Riled by such insubordination President Hoover retorted: ". . . The appointive responsibility rests in the President, not in any organization. ... No longer shall public offices be regarded as mere political patronage. . . . The success of the Republican party rests upon good government, not upon patronage, and Florida will have good government so far as it is within my power to give it. ... I note your demand that the organization shall dictate appointments in Florida, irrespective of merit or my responsibility. I enclose herewith copy of a statement I issued last March [expressing a willingness to cooperate only with reputable Republicans in South]. That...
...opportunity for a constructive theatrical movement at Harvard is undoubtedly large, and there is every reason to believe that, should some purely dramatic movement get started, it would meet with success. It is not that the Dramatic Club is inherently inefficient, but that the very nature of such a large organization dependent on gate receipts, prevents them from devoting their entire attention to producing plays whose only recommendation is dramatic excellence. If a movement should be developed which would not find it necessary to be greatly concerned with financial gain and the inclusion of many members in the casts...
...every case the response by the alumni to such efforts on the part of the college has shown that alumni education is a field which is pregnant with possibilities, but which has been far too long neglected. To make such a scheme of adult education an assured success involves changing the view, that the college has fulfilled its purpose in the four brief years of academic life...
This extension of the Harvard Placement Office which was created primarily for graduates to include upperclassmen should be available. If it does meet with success, it will help to eliminate the unpleasantly conventional "just another legitimate bond salesman" finale which has concluded so many college careers...
...situation that has not become painfully hackneyed through years of repetition; and their quality is not improved by the latest transmission. With such material the struggles of Mr. Faversham and, his supporting company to infuse life into the creation never achieve more than a few brief moments of success...