Word: successors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Catt's work in South America may have some bearing on the selection of her successor. Inasmuch as an Anglo-Saxon has been President of the organization since its inception, it is thought advisable to elect a "Latin " woman as the next President. International politics, however, will play its part. If a French or Italian woman were elected there is fear that the German women might be alienated. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, President of the National League of Women Voters and delegate to the Convention from the United States, predicted that the next President of the Alliance would...
Mohammed VI, deposed Sultan, issued (from Cairo) a proclamation to the Moslem world calling upon it to ignore the decree of the Angora Assembly separating the office of Caliph (successor to the prophet) from that of Sultan (sovereign). He further declared himself still to be both Sultan and Caliph, and asserted that in fleeing from Constantinople he was following a precedent set by the Prophet, who fled from his enemies in Mecca to his friends in Medina...
Bishop Turtle's death ends the system of awarding by seniority the office of presiding bishop of the United States, which he had held since 1903. Bishop Garrett of Dallas, oldest living bishop, will fill the office until 1925, when a successor will be elected...
...snatches of inimitable comedy by young Mr. Coogan. He is, as you may have guessed, a downtrodden little boy-violinist in search of his long-lost daddy, and oh what a pathetic time he does have! Financially the picture should be a regular rhinestonemine. We suggest as its logical successor Old Curiosity Shop, with Jackie as Little Nell. Prodigal Daughters, Two young daughters of a rich papa decide to Live Their Own Lives, and get into the usual pecks of trouble doing it. But the story fulfills its function in giving Gloria Swanson an opportunity to wear as many different...
...University began the scoring in the second inning by piling up six runs, forcing Lotspeich to retire from the mound and adding still another run to the total before Moore, his successor brought the inning to a close. The fourth inning brought in two more Crimson runs when, with Thayer on first, Gordon sent out a fly to deep center which went through the fielder's hands, and enabled him to complete the circuit for a home run. The fifth inning added two more to the total when F. S. Hill smashed out a three-base hit and was brought...