Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...office at last opened its eyes to the Board's official existence and drew, three months late, its members' first pay checks. On the basis of the Senate vote, Samuel Roy McKelvie, onetime Governor of Nebraska and the Board's wheat member, was the least popular Hoover nominee. The President had searched longest to find a wheat man for his Board and Mr. McKelvie's was the last difficult appointment. Twenty-seven Senators voted against his confirmation. Their complaint was that he was not a real wheat farmer, that he knew nothing about wheat farming, that...
...unquestionably situations like this, and they aren't at all infrequent in the game today, that make football the most popular sport in America today. Any one who was lucky enough to be in the Brighton bowl last Saturday certainly won't deny that it deserves that position of honor and they will all be back this Saturday by way of verifying it. BY TIME...
Again, as in past years, the name of Smith is the most popular in the University, having crossed, the goal of 100 names set many years ago. Last year 99 Smiths were registered in the Directory, but they had to wait for another 365 days before they could reach the desired end. This year there are 102 Smiths, 87 as members of the University, and 15 officers...
...second place. There are, however, 46 now listed in both sections, as compared with only 37 last year. A newcomer in the ranks, the tribe of Johnson, has captured third place showing a tremendous jump from years past. In 1928, the name was not even listed among the most popular, while now it has reached a glorious third, tied only by the Whites, of an old and well-established family. They too were not on the list of frequent names listed in last year's Directory...
...Millers and the Davises have snatched fifth and sixth places respectively, with 39 and 38 representatives of the names. The Davises did not either rate among the most popular last year. The remaining names rank as follows: Jones, 35; Robinson, 34; Taylor, 32; and Cohen...