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...instances of this, he mentions the honorary scholarships which are awarded every man in Group I or II and a number of prize scholarships such as the Burr, Wendell, Bonaparte, and Whitaker awards, with adjustable stipends...
...Committee is composed of: Edward C. Aswell '26, who drew up the report, Allston Burr '89, Stephen P. Cabot '92, Thomas II. Eliot '28, G. Peabody Gardner, Jr. '10, Joseph R. Hamlen '04, R. Keith Kane '22, Walter Lippmann '10, George W. Martin '10, Langdon P. Marvin '98, John J. Rowe '07, and Samuel A. Welldon...
...second oldest bank in Manhattan first opened for business at No. 40 Wall Street in 1799. Unable to obtain a bank charter from a New York legislature which was under the thumb of Alexander Hamilton, a slick politician named Aaron Burr wangled a charter for a concern to supply the City of New York with "pure & wholesome water." As all the world now knows, there was tucked away in that charter a harmless-looking clause permitting The Manhattan Co. to transact any financial business within...
...Manhattan Co. laid its wooden water mains and sold pure and wholesome water for nearly 50 years but its "Discount & Deposit'' office promptly became the only private competitor of Hamilton's Bank of New York. The ways of Aaron Burr and his Manhattan Co. soon parted, he to high adventure and a trial for treason, the little water company to a long and honorable history...
...back J. Robert Haley '36 became captain of the 1935 football team as the result of the lettermen's vote at Notman's Studio yesterday afternoon. At the same time F. Stanton Deland, Jr. '36 of Jamaica Plain moved up to the managership of the team, succeeding Francis H. Burr...