Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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...
...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...
...players who won their "H's" in the Yale Bowl two weeks ago and Francis H. Burr '35, retiring football manager, will choose the new captain...
Francis S. Deland, Jr. '36, becomes manager of next year's football team, succeeding Francis H. Burr '35. Page will succeed Deland the following year...
Robert T. Whitman '38, a graduate of St. Marks School, was announced as the winner of the football managerial competition for Freshmen at a meeting last Saturday night in charge of Francis H. Burr '35, Varsity Manager. Others voting were the Assistant Varsity Manager and five Sophomore competitors, the choices being approved by Henry W. Clark, Assistant Director of Athletics...