Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Coach Nickalls had made no changes for some time, and it was expected that any shifts to be made would be delayed until after the American Henley on the Schuykill River at Philadelphia tomorrow. Hence these changes come as a great surprise...
Elliot Christopher Cowdin, a student in the University in 1906-1907, has been awarded the French medaille militaire, states an Associated Press cablegram from Paris. Cowdin was also cited for the second time in army orders for his brilliant aviation exploits as a member of the American Flying Corps. The citation says of Cowdin, who is now a first sergeant...
Today at 5 o'clock University B and C will leave the South Station for Philadelphia, where they will enter the American Henley on Saturday. During their stay in Philadelphia the men will stop at the Hotel Rittenhaus. Practice will be held on the Schuykill River tomorrow and Saturday morning. After the race the crews will be entertained at The Lilacs at dinner, returning to Boston late Saturday night...
Increasingly American business life is pervades by the professional spirit. It has grown in response to pressure from within and to a quickened social sense from without. It was large-scale business, complex and with many public contacts, that has first felt these forces, and therefore has sought systematically to enlist broadly trained men. The smaller concerns are now falling into line. Business leaders began looking for young men who could use their minds, who could analyze problems and take a fresh point of view. They found that college graduates were likely to have the qualities they sought, activity...
...three University crews all put in a day of hard practice yesterday afternoon, taking long rows. The coaches directed their attention to the second and third University, since they leave for Philadelphia tomorrow, where they will enter the American Henley. Both these crews will be strong contestants in this race, and a hard struggle should result between the Yale junior eight and the second University. The Yale juniors had no trouble in disposing of the Pennsylvania second crew, while University B's victory over the Princeton junior eight was easily won. Columbia, the only other dangerous rival, has been having...