We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
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We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life.
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Birth: | 14th July, 1865 |
Death: | 19th December, 1951 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician, Publisher |
Arthur Capper was born in Garnett, Kansas. He was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949. He became a newspaper publisher, eventually owning several newspapers and two radio stations. The best known of his publications, Capper's Weekly, had an enormous readership among farm families and served as the base of his political support in Kansas.
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