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President Roosevelt thanks Senator Millard for the book and says that anything written by Arthur Twining Hadley is sure to be interesting.
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1906-02-24
President Roosevelt thanks William S. Marston for the invitation, but regrets that he is unable to attend another dinner, even a Harvard dinner. The president sends his regards to Yale University President Arthur Twining Hadley.
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1905-01-07
President Roosevelt has seen the petition for the United States to give political independence to the Philippines, which Charles William Eliot has signed. Roosevelt writes that the Republican convention will not consider it, and if the Democrats do, they prove hypocritical. Roosevelt believes granting independence to the Philippines is the easy way out, while the right thing to do is to remain involved in the Philippines for the betterment of its people. Roosevelt cites other examples, such as Egypt and Cuba, and refers to Arthur Twining Hadley’s Freedom and Responsibility. Roosevelt asks if Eliot would see Secretary of War William H. Taft about the matter.
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1904-04-04
On behalf of the University of North Carolina, F. P. Venable invites Theodore Roosevelt to give the John Calvin McNair Lecture in 1915. The lecture series is on the mutual bearing of science and theology upon each other.
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1911-10-31
Vahan Cardashian writes to Andrew D. White expressing his concerns about the persecution Armenians are facing under the Turkish government and his fears the violence will escalate. He hopes White will be one of several other prominent men to form a committee that will weild their power to advocate for Armenian rights.
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1911-10-12
William N. Freeman thanks Frank Harper for his letter. He discusses a possible daily school exercise of a flag honor guard. He recalls a movement to assign a generic name to American soldiers, as British soldiers are called “Tommy Atkins”. He suggests “Johnny Trump”, and hopes that Roosevelt can endorse the idea. He would like to meet Roosevelt and give him a handshake.
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1911-09-20
William N. Freeman informs Theodore Roosevelt about New Jersey’s law requiring schoolchildren to salute the flag and asks for his support.
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1911-09-14
Elizabeth L. Bloomstein solicits Theodore Roosevelt’s help in obtaining a place on the Teachers’ List of the Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of teaching. She is at risk of losing her employment as Peabody College undergoes changes and temporarily closes, and needs assistance during the period she will be out of work. She has received numerous letters on her behalf from several prominent figures, and sends Roosevelt a character reference from John Allison.
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1911-03-28
Governor Willson forwards Theodore Roosevelt an amusing letter he received from Joseph B. Wilby containing a “mild suggestion of some slight inaccuracy in President [Arthur Twining] Hadley’s exuberant and unnecessary thanks to a kind Providence for Yale blessings.” He hopes it will amuse Roosevelt as much as it amused him.
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1911-02-25
Anna Roosevelt Cowles inquires if Arthur Twining Hadley, President of Yale University, is invited to the White House dinner on May 12. Cowles would like to invite Hadley to visit, and wants to know which nights are clear.
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1908-05-04
Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, writes to ask President Roosevelt if he will invite visiting Kaiser Wilhelm Professor Rudolf Leonhard and his wife, Klara Wilhelmina Goll Leonhard, to dinner at the White House. Butler feels this is an important gesture for the academic cooperation between the two countries, particularly given the warm reception of American academics in Germany. If Roosevelt would invite the Leonhards to a dinner he is having with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, Murray is confident that German Emperor William II would appreciate the gesture.
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1907-10-28
Charles Hopkins Clark responds to President Roosevelt’s inquiry about the note from Yale University President Arthur Twining Hadley. Clark explains that he knows some of the men involved in the matter and that The Courant is not in any way bound to support Senator Frank B. Brandegee’s suggestion. Senators, as well as lawyers, have widely endorsed Walter C. Noyes for the position of United States Circuit Judge. Clark strongly recommends his appointment and says that if he is turned down, it could lead to trouble in Connecticut.
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1907-09-04
S. S. McClure thinks it would be a good idea to send Lincoln Steffens to Puerto Rico and Cuba to show the good that the United States has done for these two islands. Also, due to the high interest in the Philippines and the upcoming Congressional investigation, McClure offers to send a well respected man to the Philippines to “get at the truth.” He then covers a few options for who should be sent, including university presidents like Woodrow Wilson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-22