Word: governor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Beta Kappa oration at Commencement will be delivered by Governor Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, and the poem by Rev. Henry Van Dyke h.'94, Professor of English of Princeton University. The exercises will be held in Sanders Theatre June 30, 1909, the day after Commencement...
...present number of the Illustrated is timely in the journalistic sense in that it is almost exclusively devoted to football. The leading article, however, is by ex-Governor Guild, "Should Men Join Political Parties?" Governor Guild argues that every man should be an active politician and that it is only by means of party that practical results can be obtained. In so far as the arguments concern the active politician they are valid, but Mr. Guild has not noticed or does not mention that the old-fashioned party man has passed away and that the average man now votes with...
...Governor Eben S. Draper has been re-elected over James H. Vahey, the Democratic candidate, by a small plurality. The same is true of the lieutenant-governorship, Louis A. Frothingham '93, being re-elected over Eugene N. Foss...
...opening of the Spanish War Colonel Scott had attained the rank of adjutant-general, and in this capacity served in Cuba throughout the disturbance. During the governorship of Major-General Wood, Colonel Scott acted as chief of staff, and in 1903 went to the Philippines to become governor of the Sulu Archipelago. In this capacity he abolished slavery and the slave trade in the islands under his charge, and in a skirmish with the natives was severely wounded. On returning from the Philippines in 1907, he was appointed superintendent of the United States Military Academy with the rank of colonel...
...cavalry service of the United States army, and at the opening of the Spanish war had attained the rank of adjutant-general. During the governorship of Maj. General Leonard Wood in Cuba, Colonel Scott served as chief of staff, and in 1903 he went to the Philippines to become governor of the Sulu Archipelago. While holding this position he was seriously wounded by natives of the islands. Between the time of his graduation from West Point and the opening of the Spanish War, he held many positions of responsibility among the American Indians of the Western States, and from...