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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87). One of his earliest letters was: "Der Sister. We ar al wel. Ma haz a baby. The old sow had six pigs." He was educated at Sister Catherine's Hartford Female Seminary, Boston Latin School, Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute. Amherst College and Lane Theological College. As a missionary preacher he lectured Indiana frontiersmen on gambling, drinking and wenching. In 1861 Beecher became editor of the Independent and was drawn into the most unfortunate part of his career. His assistant, a brilliant, erratic journalist named Theodore Tilton, and the owner of the paper...
...some suing on his own account-against the old managements. But why, howled the Van Schaick critics, had not the Commissioner, who examined the books periodically, discovered all this crockery before the final crash? Why did he permit companies to sell mortgages with both interest and taxes in ar rears? To juggle foreclosed property into subsidiaries so that no loss was apparent? To break the law by lending more than 10% of their assets to a single borrower? To let their guaranty funds fall below legal requirement? Above all, why did he permit Bond & Mortgage Guarantee, New York Title & Mortgage...
...yard dash while sprints will be entrusted to Edwin E. Calvin '35. Climaxing his season by winning three first places against Yale, Robert S. Playfair '36, will be entered in the mile and 1000-yard run. Thomas F. Locke '35, Anthony A. Bliss '36, and John White '34 ar also expected to show up well
...yard dash while sprints will be entrusted to Edwin E. Calvin '35. Climaxing his season by winning three first places against Yale, Robert S. Playfair '36, will be entered in the mile and 1000-yard run. Thomas F. Locke '35, Anthony A. Bliss '36, and John White '34 ar also expected to show up well
...cheese crackers and popcorn. Last week when 30,000 Mexican cadets paraded past his hotel he appeared on the balcony outside his bedroom, wrapped in a blanket. Throwing that off, he shouted profanities at the crowd, waved his arms in insulting gestures, committed a nuisance. Next morning he was ar rested. When he explained that he had forgotten what had happened, he was released. Later after a Mexican lawyer said that his daughter had been shocked, Actor Tracy was rearrested, was again released. While authorities were investigating, he secretly climbed into an airplane, fled to El Paso. When he arrived...