Word: frederick
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Herman Devries, Chicago Evening American: "The choir is the greatest of its kind in America, perhaps in the world." Frederick Ramig, Cleve- land Times: "Dr. Christiansen has the greatest vocal ensemble this country has ever heard. The St. Olaf Lutheran Choir is the criterion for all choirs." Richard Spamer, St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "In all America there exists no musical organization devoted to choral song quite comparable to St. Olaf." New York World: "Some two score youths and maidens from Northfield, Minn., put on immortality for approxi- mately one hour and thirty minutes last night at the Metropolitan Opera House...
...individuals who head U. S. corporations, has at least long known that venerable HALEY FISKE was president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Last month, however, Mr. Fiske died (TIME, March 11). Now the U. S. citizen, asked to name Metropolitan's chief, must remember that it is FREDERICK ECKER who heads what President Hoover once termed "the greatest single institution devoted to public welfare." The Metropolitan has in force some $16,000,000,000 of insurance from some 40,000,000 policies; its income is approximately $2,000,000 a day. In the appointment of Mr. Ecker...
...grandfather of the new Metropolitan head served on the staff of one of Napoleon's generals. The father, also an army man, sent Frederick Ecker to a Brooklyn Sunday school of which Joseph Fairchild Knapp, founder of the Metropolitan, was superintendent. At the age of 16, Mr. Ecker got his first Metropolitan job. He distributed mail through the office, worked from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., received $4 a week. As his present salary is almost $4,000 a week (he is said to receive $200,000 a year), his advancement has been very considerable...
...Reverend Frederick May Eliot 10, S.T.B. Minister of Unity Church, St. Paul. Minnesota, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel tomorrow morning and on April 14 at 11 o'clock...
...were: Roberts, 1880-1897 Thompson, 1897-1899 Cassatt, 1899-1906 McRea, 1906-1913 Rea, 1913-1925 Atterbury, 1925- Fifth on the list in point of time, but not of stature, is Samuel Rea, who died last week in his home at Bryn Mawr, suburb of Philadelphia. Of him said Frederick D. Underwood, onetime (1901-26) president of Erie Railroad: "I have known four presidents of the Pennsylvania preceding Mr. Rea ... he stood head and shoulders above them...