Word: tafts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Lorado Taft, 76, sculptor; of heart disease; in Chicago. He created Washington's Columbus Memorial Fountain, The Fountain of Time on Chicago's Midway for which at his death he was carving a companion Creation. He took up sculpture because he considered it "the one art that cannot be cursed with American 'casualness...
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Sirs: Under Education in your issue of Sept. 28, appears an article on the new headmaster of the Taft School, and a brief statement on Horace D. Taft to the effect that Mr. Taft is devoting his vacation in California to his hobby-Civil Service Reform. While the article was not meant as a write-up of Mr. Taft, I do think the true facts of Mr. Taft's interest in the Merit System should be known...
After his retirement as headmaster of the Taft School in June of this year, he was elected president of the Connecticut Merit System Association. No figurehead, he gave up a planned trip to Murray Bay and worked through the heat of the summer months, developing this organization. He literally stumped the entire State, delivering talks before large audiences whom he described as follows: "Their lack of knowledge on this vital subject is appalling, but, once informed, their enthusiasm for our movement is equally encouraging." In the short space of three months, Mr. Taft has lifted an old but relatively obscure...
When the fact that Mr. Taft had sacrificed his first vacation in 46 years in the cause of good government, was mentioned by an introductory speaker, Mr. Taft characteristically stated: "This is no sacrifice on my part. I have been waiting 50 years to attack the spoils system and champion the Merit System in this fashion. Now my doctors have refused to let me go on!" While recuperating in California, Mr. Taft is actively directing the policy of this Association...