Word: davises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, the U. S. Director General of Railroads, James C. Davis,* rendered a report to President Coolidge. Although the books are not yet closed, he was able to make an estimate of the final cost to the Government of operating the railways during the War. The tabulation:
*James Cox Davis, not to be confused with either of the last two Democratic candidates for the Presidency, is a native of Keokuk, la. Once he was mayor of that city; later became general attorney for Iowa of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. When the Government took over the railroads...
The Counsel for the Trustees was Harold S. Davis '01, while Thomas Weston '95 appeared for the Visitors. Mr. Weston, in his argument recited a brief history of the founding of Andover Seminary and attempted to point out the fact that the Visitors Board was endowed with the widest possible...
Mr. Davis replied in the Supreme Court hearing, upholding the validity of the union. He admitted the fact that the Visitors did not approve of the plan. "Yet," he went on, "this plan of affiliation . . . is, I submit, as nearly as possible just what the original donors of these funds...
Vice Chancellor W. L. Burdick, made Acting Chancellor by Governor Davis, reverted to his former position.