Word: daniels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though past years have seen a let-up in the strict oratorical standards that once judged the contest, the competition still bears the hall-mark of the Daniel Webster era that engendered it. Of far more practical worth, however, would be prizes in public speaking. A striking witness to the value of drawing up one's own material and presenting it to an audience in direct and straightforward fashion is furnished by the hundred-odd undergraduates enrolled in various public speaking courses, and the many more that engage in debating from time to time. And it is for these...
When it was launched at the Century's turn by the gaudiest crew of bigtime promoters in U. S. history, American Can Co. was very nearly a perfect monopoly. It had at the start, thanks to the tireless efforts of Judge William Moore, Daniel Gray ("Tsar") Reid and William Bateman ("Tin Plate") Leeds, over nine-tenths of the country's entire can business. But by the time the trustbusters of Roosevelt I got to work on it, American Can had already destroyed its virtual monopoly by its dizzying prices. Competitors had swarmed in under the "Tin Can Trust...
...number two match, Alvah Sulloway will face Rynn Berry, and the other Crimson men in this team contest will be Johnny Develin, Daniel Burbank, George Blake, Daniel Keyes, Bob Easton, Carl Oakman and Hendrik De Kruiff. The Yardling racqueteers will be led by Middlesex graduate Kim Canavarro, and St. Paul's and Belmont Hill each contribute two men to the team, yachtsman Jim Rousmaniere and Vincent Freedley from the New Hampshire academy and Charley Whiting and Bill Wood from the hill school...
...Dionne signed a contract with Promoter Spear to exhibit himself, his wife and ten children* at Chicago's World's Fair under the auspices of the Century of Progress Tour Bureau. Net revenues, including photographic rights, were to be divided: Tour Bureau 70%, Papa Dionne 23%, Rev. Daniel Routhier (Papa Dionne's manager) 7%. For signing the agreement Papa Dionne...
...match played in Boston, the Harvard Club defeated the Varsity "B" squash team, 3-2. Daniel F. Keyes '37 defeated E. S. Underwood. A. F. Wordsworth of the Harvard Club overthrow Robert O. Easton '37, as W. R. Bascom trounced Peter F. Cunningham '39. Carl S. Oakman, Jr. '38 beat J. Cross. The crucial game of the match was the one between J. W. Appeal of the Harvard Club and Hendrik DcKruif '38. Appel won in three out of four...