Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diamonds on Soldiers Field are ready for the interclass games which will begin tomorrow when the Seniors meet the Sophomores, and the Juniors the Freshmen. They are situated on firm ground beyond the Freshman field. Backstops, homeplates and bases have been set in place and the pitcher's box raised to the regulation height. The ground is being rolled daily and will be in shape within a few days. New balls, bats and catcher's equipment for the four class teams have been purchased and are at the Locker Building ready for distribution...
John Kirkland Clark, member of the law firm of Clark, Prentice & Roulstone, of New York City, who has been delivering a course of lectures on New York Practice at the Law School on Saturday mornings, has been invited to give the course again in 1920-21. Hitherto the lectures on New York Practice have been given only in alternate years, but the increased size of the Law School and the large number of those planning to practice in New York has led the Law School Faculty to give the course annually...
Besides holding the office of Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Redfield has been a member of Congress from the fifth New York District, and has been connected with prominent manufacturing firms. Entering business immediately after graduating from high school, he achieved rapid success, holding offices in one firm after another. For one term he was elected to the position of president of the American Manufacturers' Export Union. Secretary Redfield is also known as the author of the "New Industrial...
...problem discussed from a novel view point, when Mr. Whiting Williams, Vice-President of the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Corporation, will tell of his experiences as a day laborer in various mines and steel plants throughout the country. Mr. Williams, who was in charge of the employment relations of his firm, a firm employing 3,500 workmen, recently gave up his position, leaving everything behind him except $25 and lived the life of a working man for several months, taking whatever jobs he could find. In this way he was able to learn the workingman's point of view...
...present position of Governor of Illinois Mr. Lowden has devoted all his efforts to better the laws of the state and make necessary improvements in the condition of the affairs of the state. Throughout the period of the World War the governor took firm steps to prevent the occurrence of riots and strikes, and by his untiring perseverance he succeded in reducing all outbreaks against law and order to the minimum. Then, too, the express purpose of making improvements upon the roadways and increasing the facilities for commerce Governor Lowden exercised his influence in the legislature for the passage...