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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...received a letter, first public intimation, from the then Secretary of Commerce that he would run for President. Col. Brown managed the Commerce Secretary's campaign in Ohio. Last week a piece of paper fluttered down into the Senate, seeming to say "Eureka." President Hoover had at last found a Federal post appropriate for his friend, had nominated him to be Chief Counsel for the Federal Power Commission...
...Manhattan, Patrolman George Schuchman. emerged from a cigar store, heard someone (voice not recognized) cry: "Hey, George, those two guys are stealing my gin." Drawing his revolver, determined to fire into the air, the police-man shot one of the hijackers through the head, found 125 bottles of gin in four abandoned parcels. Police inspectors investigated, declared that the patrolman had done his duty...
...different part of this page will be found a schedule of the language examinations which will take up most of the afternoon. All members of the class are strongly urged to take advantage of this opportunity to pass off the language requirements. No application is necessary and no charge will be made for taking these examinations...
...first few games at least. He played center in practically every game last fall and showed himself to be one of the most consistently brilliant performers on what is generally considered the most powerful Harvard line in recent years. The only weak point in his performances was to be found in his snapping back which gradually improved as the season wore on. This fault was quite natural inasmuch as last season was Ticknor's first attempt at snapping back. His previous experience has been in the backfield a position from which he captained his Freshman eleven. It was his outstanding...
...interesting comment. Harvard, 1636, the first college to be established in America, naturally followed the ideas of the old world and has never forgotten her heritage. Although rebellious at times, and always inclined, to the experimental in education, she has ever found the old ways better in the fundamental principles. The University of Chicago, founded upon Western ideas, is still an overgrown child, conscious of its own physical strength but lacking in the historical background, traditions, and heritage of the older American schools...