Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...North Negroes live in segregated districts . . . high rents, lack of sanitation, breaking down of family life. . . . When a Negro leaves the South he leaves his skill behind. He must take a job of a different kind . . . there is no cotton to pick in the North. . . . The bulk of the Negro population is still in the South . . . [they] must be tended at their source . . . 8,000,000 ... a staggering problem...
These, together with the Colorado & Southern, which brings them northern Texas cotton traffic, are the "Hill" roads that James Jerome ("Empire builder") Hill (1838-1916) developed. Now, with the Western Pacific which connects the Burlington directly to San Francisco and in which Mr. James bought controlling interest last summer (TIME, June 21), they are more aptly called "James" roads. The Hill descendants have never become active financially...
...January 12 at the Harvard Club of New York, J. P. Cotton '96 New York Chairman of the Fund, gave a dinner to the alumni of the Law School, at which the necessity for more funds for the maintenance of the School's exceptionally high standards was discussed...
BASKETBALL HARVARD WORCESTER P. I. Dorn, r.f. l.g. Harris Leekley, l.f. r.g. Cotton Barbee, c. c. Graham Malick, r.g. l.f. Ranha Coombs, l.g. r.f. Gross...
...will be unable to continue play during the indoor season, J. P. Cotton '29, captain of last year's Freshman horsemen, will probably play in his place...