Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill...
...sent the names of Arthur Batcheller of Massachusetts, Cyril N. Jansky Jr. of Minnesota; for associate justices on the U. S. Customs Court of Appeals. Finis James Garrett of Tennessee, Irvine Luther Lenroot of Wisconsin; and, to sit on the bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Henry H. Glassie of Maryland...
...been conspicuous as well in the business world, and is at present trustee or director of more than 50 different corporations. It is believed that he was the first to suggest anything similar to the present House Plan, of which he is a warm supporter, when he spoke at Columbia University...
...records of the rival teams are such that the outcome of the match cannot be prophesied with any degree of certainty. Tufts is credited with victories over M. I. T., Amherst, and Springfield; whereas Harvard has defeated Columbia and M. I. T. but lost to West Point. The defeat of the University team by the Cadet grapplers constituted the closest match of the season, the Army winning by a score of 18 to 16 though both teams had an equal number of bouts...
Died. Dr. Robert Josselyn Leonard, 44, director of the School of Education at Teachers' College, Columbia University, native of California; after illness with influenza and a nine-floor fall, possibly suicidal, from his apartment window; in Manhattan...