Word: founder
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...experiences with the Cubans have been most interesting. From threats of lynching and attempts at blackmail the Cuban newspapers have turned to hearty appreciation of his efforts. From being regarded as a spy and a robber of Cuban nationality he has come to be looked upon as the virtual founder of education in the island. When he arrived in Cuba there were some four thousand children attending school, and the teachers had to depend upon the subscriptions of the wealthier parents for their pay. There are now one hundred and twenty thousand children in school and the teachers are paid...
...Bancroft cup, which resulted in a tie between E. Mallinckrodt, Jr., '00, and H. W. Sanford '00, was also shot off and was won by Mallinckrodt, who thereby wins permanent possession of the cup. When the Bancroft cup was given last year by Paul Bancroft '99, winner of the Founder's cup, the conditions were that it should be shot for once a month, and should become the permanent property of the man who won it three successive times or six times altogether. Under nearly similar conditions the Founders cup remained in the club fifteen years and was never...