Word: successor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...item in the collection is a proclamation issued by President George Washington, January 1, 1795, setting February 18, 1795 as a national Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving first became a national holiday as it is known today, in 1863, when Lincoln proclaimed a day following the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, in 1865 established Thanksgiving for the first time as a national harvest festival...
...letter criticizes our recommendation for a successor with a seat on the Administrative Board. While we grant it is debatable, we insist it has no bearing on the present case...
...parting shot of the Crimson's broadside at Mr. Apted is suicidal. It suggests that Mr. Apted's successor, in the event that the Crimson editorial should stir authorities to choose a new head of College Police, should sit on the Administrative Board with Dean Hanford, instead of working as an intermediary between the Dean and students, as he now does...
Acquitted. Robert M. ("Bob") Sweitzer, 67, potent Chicago Democrat, longtime (1910-34) Cook County Clerk; of criminal responsibility for a $414,129 shortage in his official accounts discovered by his successor as County Clerk (TIME, June 17); by a Criminal Court jury; in Chicago. Still promising to make good his shortage as soon as his own auditors could check his accounts, Democrat Sweitzer moved to regain the County Treasurership from which he was ousted last summer when, after promising immediate restoration of most of his shortage, he failed to produce a cent...
...only should his successor possess ability and an understanding of human nature, but his post should become as important in practice as it is in theory. First, such an individual should organize the Yard Police on standards of efficiency and decency. Secondly, he should take over the duties of the Regent. Thirdly, he should have a seat on the Administrative Board. In other words, he should be a well-paid assistant to Mr. Hanford, who can intelligently aid the administration of undergraduate disciplinary policies and prevent the entanglement of Harvard in unsavory scandals...