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...this room is Mr. Nolen's famous "Lincolniana," an exhaustive collection of all relies which refer in any way to Abraham Lincoln. The collection was bequeathed to the College by Mr. Nolen at his death, and on December 26 will be transferred to the Widener Library, where it will be known as the "W. W. Nolen Collection...
Professor Hart resented the fact that Commissioner Guevara had seemed to refer to Governor General Leonard Wood M. '84 as a man comparable to Vicerey Edmund Andros of Colonial days. To him Mr Guevara replied: "I am not speaking of any particular man but of the office of governor-general. General Wood is a good friend of mile. I believed that he was the best nominee for the United States presidency at the Republican Convention in 1920. The question at hand is, 'Are you going to send a governor-general to rule the Philippine Islands, without the consent and will...
...Coolidge-for-President Club of Chicago which sought to boost his candidacy for 1924: " I have given no thought to the matter to which you refer, and I am merely doing what I can to take up the burdens of my office. . . . I am sure you will understand that if I ask your help to this end, rather than in the way you have suggested, it shows no lack of appreciation of your kindness...
...feature of the new agreement is that if the U. S. joins the Permanent International Court of Justice, the two Governments will consider making a new agreement, under the terms of which they will refer all disputes governed by the Treaty to that court. In the last three months the U. S. has renewed similar treaties with France, Great Britain, Japan...
...refused, despite the advice of J. Ramsey McDonald, Parliamentary Labor leader. They were then suspended by a vote of 258 to 70. The Rev. Campbell then took up the cry of " murderers." He was suspended by a vote of 276 to 60. Buchanan soon after heard Sir George Hamilton refer to Emanuel Shinwell as a " Jew." Shinwell said he was proud of the fact, but Buchanan called the entire Conservative Party " white-livered cowards," and " dirty dogs." After he had accused the Speaker of partiality, his suspension was carried by 286 votes...