American progressionism and the coming of the new deal. He argues thattal al smith lost the 1928 election, his ideals and policies paved the way for president roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome all of you here for our talk for this evening. Im evan dolley, and on blehalf of the program here, welcome to our history talk. At the outset for being able to hold this talk, thank you to the funding of the history fund which is supporting this event, and let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. So our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert childs. He is a graduate of tascun university. He began a phd in history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012, and the talk hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that phd dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has, during the course of this particular research, or the research for this project, he has received a couple prestigious
Author of the book the revolution of 28 al smith, american progressivism and the coming of the new deal. His Progressive Coalition paved the way for franklin roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome you all here to our talk for this evening. On behalf of the History Department here, welcome, to our evenings talk. Were able to hold this talk thanks to the generous funding of the history fund which is supporting this event. And let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. Our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert chiles. Hes a graduate of town send university where he studied music and found the true faith and began a ph. D. In history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012. And the talk that hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that ph. D. Dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has in the course of this particular research, the research for this project, hes received a
I am a tennisaholic. I dont like speaking in public because i get very nervous. Forgive me. We are not really scary. If that is what you think. So where to start . I was born in 1963. When i was 19 19, i moved to sn francisco. Very close to Golden Gate Park. I didnt know anyone. I was going to school and i found a wall to hit on, and i hit and hit and hit. People about my age now came over and said, you have a nice for hand. They didnt say anything about the backhand. Would you like to comply with us . From that point on i had a family which included jobs, 15t is long gone, but fast forward to when i moved in and out of the city a lot. I am third generation. When i was about 40 i was offered a job as a summer Camp Counselor at the park, and it was the great thrill of my life. It made me realize my calls is to work where kids, particularly 7yearolds, because i sort of act like a 7yearold. I still believe in santa. Anyway that was the beginning of my career in tennis. When i was about 34
Northern california section of the United States tennis association. He is very professional, thorough and dedicated to the sport of tennis and very accomplished tennis player. His selection of lifetime activities is a winwin for Golden Gate Park and the growth of tennis, which is a sport of a lifetime. I have a personal interest. I am a long time Special Olympics coach for tennis. Everybody is looking forward to all of the ad adaptive opportunities at Golden Gate Park, which we know lifetime tennis and dana gill can deliver. I am very much supportive of dana and lifetime activities as being the operator. Thank you. Shawn. How are you . I am shawn. I am a tennisaholic. I dont like speaking in public because i get very nervous. Forgive me. We are not really scary. If that is what you think. So where to start . I was born in 1963. When i was 19 19, i moved to sn francisco. Very close to Golden Gate Park. I didnt know anyone. I was going to school and i found a wall to hit on, and i hit a
Courts in places where there were at least four or three courts. With four courts we put two in the reservation system. If there were three, there were still two walk up courting. We received feedback from the community. We held a subsequent Community Meeting in september. In october we added 12 more tennis complexes and additional courts. Since seven months ago we are over 10,000 now reservations through the free system which allies the anxiety of people about the closure, reduction in number of courts and the comments are i have never been to that park and that city. That is wonderful. There are so many places we can play. The map shows you the green for the original courts we had. It was pretty empty in the eases part of the city. It is where we had three and four courts. We spread it out. Now we have three online reservations throughout the city. We may expand more. People are excreted about this. There had a few things we are working out. Should it be an our rath an hour rather th