Good morning. Welcome back for day two of coolidge and the american project Coolidge Foundations centennial conference in honor of president Calvin Coolidge, were pleased to be cohosted with the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Members are part of the Honor Society of the coolidge program. We have maybe a dozen or more joining. So welcome to the 1890 society. From Ashland University, the Ashford Center is here with our ashford scholars. Were so pleased to have you here from ohio. Thank you. Weve had students from bases, d. C. High School Students here at our conference. Welcome to basis. And weve some archer fellows from th
With the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Members are part of the Honor Society of the coolidge program. We have maybe a dozen or more joining. So welcome to the 1890 society. From Ashland University, the Ashford Center is here with our ashford scholars. Were so pleased to have you here from ohio. Thank you. Weve had students from bases, d. C. High School Students here at our conference. Welcome to basis. And weve some archer fellows from the university of texas system joining us as well so welcome to our archer fellows. We have a terrific day with the number of sessions and a wonderful celebration this evening, which will
But earlier this year, columbias law professor matthew waxman, the chair of the Cyber Security center and the program on National Security and law road an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. It is worthy of serious discussion. It is called the power to wage war successfully. It touched on many things that we are all interested in. First and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. It is the extraordinary Charles Evans hughs. He had an Extraordinary Public Service career. It was unparalleled by most measures. He served as the governor of new york state from 19071910 and was named to the Supreme Court by William Howard taft. Into that term, he took the nomination for president and narrowly lost the Electoral College to wilson. It was 4000 votes in california. In 1921, Warren Harding named hughs the secretary of state and he served until 1925. In 1930, he entered Government Service aga
National security and law road wrote an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. It is worthy of serious discussion. It is called the power to wage war successfully. It touched on many things that we at the society are interested in. First and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that sadly, few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. I dont like that phrase but it has been lost to time. It is the extraordinary Charles Evans hughs. Mr. Hughes had what anyone would say is an Extraordinary Public Service career. It was unparalleled by most measures. He served as the governor of new york state from 19071910 and was named to the Supreme Court by William Howard taft. Four years into that term, he republicane nomination for president and narrowly lost the Electoral College to what was then president wilson. It was 4000 votes in california. In 1921, president Lauren Harding president Warren Harding named hughs the secretary of state and a
From a relatively obscure stice in 1912 into a liberal icon that homes leaves the court. Host heast you say Robert Valentine was one of the most important people to get you the material you needed . Robert valentine has been lost to history and past commissioner of indian affairs. And in 1911, he was living in the house of truth which was on 19th street with his wife and infant daughter and his wife and daughter went home to new england to nurse the daughter ack to help. This is how the salon took shape. The reason why valentine is twofold. He was the houses visionary. He sort of set the agenda of the house and secondly, as you alluded his correspondence was incredibly important because valentines writing on a daily basis about the comings and goings. And a remarkable woman who i thank in my acknowledgements was friend of valentines daughter and granddaughter. And his papers were in a barn in rescueduntil this woman them, preserved them and donated them to the Massachusetts Historical