Word: toured
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That Mrs. Harding's health comes first in the President's consideration; he is unwilling to take her on a long and fatiguing tour. President Wilson's League of Nations proposal failed, perhaps?and again, perhaps not?because of ill health. Will his successor's World Court plan suffer a similar fate...
...That, as opponents of the World Court freely suggest, the limitation of Mr. Harding's speechmaking is brought about by the solicitation of his friends, who do not wish him to have too much opportunity to refer to his proposal. If he made a return speaking tour, he might be forced into a heated defense of the World Court by the animadversions of opponents against his speeches...
...European students, after completing a tour of thirty American colleges, were unanimous and emphatic in their criticisms. Perhaps their most interesting remark was one which had to do with undergraduate activities. In this country, an English student, said, one goes to college not to develop himself, but to distinguish himself. Since the road to distinction leads at present through athletics and "activities" rather than through studies, a distortion of emphasis naturally results. A student's object becomes to "make" a club, team, or organization; and he feels content when he has attained that object...
...White House is being deluged with invitations from communities and individuals that wish the President to visit them on his tour through the country this summer. The number of invitations is so embarrassing that the refusal of President Harding to state definitely that he will make the trip is attributed to his desire to avoid further invitations...
...published an article bearing this headline: " California for World Court Mr. Lenroot's Tour Reveals." The justification for this headline was the first paragraph of the article below...