Final Report Relating to a Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1958: Pursuant to Public Law 183, of the Eighty-fourth CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 219 pages |
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... colleges and universities . In the Nation's libraries___ Theodore Roosevelt exhibits_ National organizations . Religious activities_ The Conservation program . The newspapers- 145 152 157 159 161 167 170 * 172 The magazines ...
... colleges and universities . In the Nation's libraries___ Theodore Roosevelt exhibits_ National organizations . Religious activities_ The Conservation program . The newspapers- 145 152 157 159 161 167 170 * 172 The magazines ...
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... colleges without number , moreover , as well as busi- ness and labor organizations , women's organizations , patriotic socie- ties , and character - building groups agreed to take an active part . 4. Financing the cbservance The budget ...
... colleges without number , moreover , as well as busi- ness and labor organizations , women's organizations , patriotic socie- ties , and character - building groups agreed to take an active part . 4. Financing the cbservance The budget ...
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... colleges and universities was prepared by Dr. Oscar Handlin , the famed Harvard historian . wide acceptance of the plans proposed in this manual was assured by the large number of college and university presidents who agreed to serve as ...
... colleges and universities was prepared by Dr. Oscar Handlin , the famed Harvard historian . wide acceptance of the plans proposed in this manual was assured by the large number of college and university presidents who agreed to serve as ...
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... colleges , and uni- versities had achieved the dignity of a canon . The books listed above are critical - as they should be - but they are all respectful , and all dare to admit a quality of greatness in Mr. Roosevelt which a decade ago ...
... colleges , and uni- versities had achieved the dignity of a canon . The books listed above are critical - as they should be - but they are all respectful , and all dare to admit a quality of greatness in Mr. Roosevelt which a decade ago ...
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... college into action . The Federal Commission's publications , moreover , were used to maximum effect . There was , actually , more than interest throughout the State ; there was fervor . Three of the most notable contributions to the ...
... college into action . The Federal Commission's publications , moreover , were used to maximum effect . There was , actually , more than interest throughout the State ; there was fervor . Three of the most notable contributions to the ...
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Page 23 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Page 67 - There are now over five thousand public libraries in the United States, the product of this period. In addition to accumulating material, they are also striving by organization, by improvement in method, and by co-operation, to give greater efficiency to the material they hold, to make it more widely...
Page 55 - Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission), which shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 56 - Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
Page 16 - Our nation is that one among all the nations of the earth which holds in its hands the fate of the coming years. We enjoy exceptional advantages, and are menaced by exceptional dangers; and all signs indicate that we shall either fail greatly or succeed greatly. I firmly believe that we shall succeed; but we must not foolishly blink the dangers by which we are threatened, for that is the way to fail.
Page 18 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 56 - Code, or of any other Federal law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment or receipt...
Page 22 - Day, and the President Is authorized and requested annually to Issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such National Maritime Day by displaying the flag...
Page 33 - The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight...
Page 15 - ... made. We are optimists. We spurn the teachings of despair and distrust. We have an abiding faith in the growing strength, the growing future of the mighty young nation, still in the flush of its youth, and yet with the might of a giant, which stands on a continent and grasps an ocean with either hand. Succeed? Of course we shall succeed! How can success fail to come to a race of masterful energy and resoluteness, which has a continent for the base of its domain, and which feels within its veins...