Date: September 1, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Another school year is opening. Over 27,000,000 scholars will be enrolled. To this great throng will be added more than 800,000 college students. The teaching force reaches toward a million. Education is a great business enterprise requiring an expenditure of well over $2,000,000,000 each year. […]
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Date: ???n Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) While education is almost entirely a local problem, the national government has long manifested a deep interest in it and encouraged it with official help and advice at some expense. The Department of the Interior, which has charge of it, is now headed by a university […]
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Date: July 19, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge reflects on the factors leading to progress in the South and the nation at large. (Original document available here) The rapidity with which the old South is emerging is not generally appreciated. It has attracted new blood and new capital. From a region of plantations it […]
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Date: April 14, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) While education is almost entirely a local problem, the national government has long manifested a deep interest in it and encouraged it with official help and advice at some expense. The Department of the Interior, which has charge of it, is now headed by a […]
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Date: January 26, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Coolidge urges people to travel within the United States to learn more about the country and help the economy. (Original document available here) Winter travel is an important factor in our economic structure. We have great stretches of country, including the South Atlantic states, Florida, the Gulf region and […]
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