Word: drives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Phillips Brooks House Association will stage its annual drive for funds this week, beginning tomorrow evening with a dinner at the Phillips Brooks House. The goal has been set at $5000, $4000 of which is the quota expected from undergraduates. R. H. Field '26, treasurer of the Association, is in charge of the drive, E. W. Marshall '26, Davidson Sommers '26, and S. W. Bridges Jr. '26, have been named as sub-chairmen...
...drive in the graduate schools will be conducted independently from the undergraduate campaign. W. A. Shimer 3G, secretary of the Graduate Schools Society, R. H. Cutter, 3L, secretary of the Law School Society, F. R. Parks 4M, secretary of the Medical School Committee, and N. G. Newman 3Dn., secretary of the Dental School Society, will be in charge of the collection in their respective branches of the University...
...situation is curious. The high sugar-tariff group consists principally of the beet-sugar farmers of the West; their advocate par excellence is Senator Smoot, of Utah. Their argument is that we must have a high sugar tariff; if not, the sugar importers from Cuba will cut prices, drive the beet sugar industry out of existence, and then hold up the U. S. consumer at will. As may be expected, the regular Republicans, with their high-tariff proclivities, usually rally round this standard. The high-tariffers have had most of their...
...start in at once and not put off until the critical time has passed. You all think that from now until mid-years you will do well. but you will find that the job is put off and that you will easily drop behind. You must drive in at the start, not wade in gradually...
After years on the Grand Circuit, Geers was urged by friends to quit racing. He had had many accidents, was 30 aging. Friends bought Peter Manning, presented him to Geers, begged him to drive exhibitions only. Spirited, Geers could not refrain. He seldom whipped a horse, never raised his voice. He sat his seat immovable, hunched forward. Called "The Silent Man from Tennessee," Geers never swore. Neither did he drink alcoholics. His passions were cigars, clean sportsmanship, straightforwardness, philanthropy and ice-cream. A millionaire at his death, he died as he would have liked to-in a hot race...