Word: successor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bosses. Leading the Brown Derby parade is Tammany's George Washington Olvany, suave, cocoa-drinking successor to Murphy, Croker and Tweed. No tyro in politics, Boss Olvany knows that Tammany is Democracy's unwanted child. Orders have gone out to the lesser Tigers (Ahearns, Sullivans, Hoeys, Flynns, Bradys, McCues, Ryans): no rough stuff, no noise, no liquor parties. Backslapping, in which Olvany does not indulge, actively or passively, is frowned upon. New York's Jimmie Walker, on the wagon, grins at the restless Tigers and quotes the price of corn whiskey.* Boss Olvany lifts his long eyelashes...
...Collier, 60, U. S. Ambassador to Chile since 1921, announced last week that he had sent his resignation to President Coolidge. Reason: he wishes to devote all his time to his affairs in" the U. S. He said that his duties in Chile had been pleasant and friendly. His successor has not yet been named...
Eight officers of the United States Navy will be stationed at the Engineering School next year as successor to the men who are just finishing their year of work here. The men chosen are graduates of Annapolis who have shown especial ability and are given an additional course of training at civil institution...
...planned that next year only two undergraduates will sit on the Governing Board, the undergraduate vice-president and the chairman of the Debating Union. Grimm holds the latter office this year and, with the advice and consent of the Governing Board, will appoint his successor next fall...
William Coolidge Lane '81 has resigned his position as librarian of the University Library, it has been announced at University Hall. Mr. Lane's successor has not as yet been named...