This Cabinet member of course attends the routine state dinners and receptions, as a matter of required duty.

But as for any social recognition of his existence--he had never received a hint or nod.

Nor does any member of the Cabinet (except, no doubt, Mr.
McAdoo, his son-in-law).

There is no social sense nor reason in this.

In fact, it works to a very decided disadvantage to the President and to the Nation.
By the way, that a notable man in our educational life could form such a habit does not speak well for our educational life.
What an unspeakably lamentable loss of opportunity! This is the more remarkable and lamentable because the President is a charming personality, an uncommonly good talker, a man who could easily make personal friends of all the world.