Word: tigert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Active John J. Tigert, Commissioner of Education, reported on his problems in Alaska. He reminded the country that his predecessors had introduced reindeer into Alaska and that reindeer dividends had been the chief source of support for Alaskan education. He reminded people that the problem of supplying education to sparse populations in so vast a territory was immense...
...John J. Tigert, U. S. Education Commissioner, will shortly send to Alaska a "floating school" to bring light into many inaccessible hamlets...
...Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education, is more cautious. He simply states that the educational use of motion pictures will gradually overshadow the commercial...
...John J. Tigert, U. S. Commissioner of Education: "This country needs to spend a great deal more money on education. . . . When the American people are spending 22 billions on luxuries, certainly they can afford to spend more than one billion on schools...
...legislative council of the National Education Association in conference at Cleveland was addressed by United States Commissioner of Education Tigert in favor of the creation of a " Department of Education and Welfare" in the National Government, rather than a " Department of Education " only-as provided in the Towner-Sterling Bill. Commissioner Tigert stated that he appeared with " the consent and approval " of the President. He reminded the council that President Harding's father " is still practicing medicine," that " his only brother is a leading physician," that his sister " was a missionary with medical leanings." Nevertheless, the council voted...