Word: give
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Lowell is to be the chief speaker of the evening. Previous to his address. W. B. Wood '32, president of the class, will give a brief talk; while the third speaker will be Professor C. N. Greenough '98, who will take "The House Plan" as his subject...
...century. They are the active stagemanagers who keep the official actors moving rapidly from one dining room set to the next. They are mostly Wet. They play bridge and poker, go in for costume parties. Their parties are less exclusive than the Cave-dwellers', but they seldom give their guest lists to the newspapers...
...therefore think it right, as I have been five years head of the government,†† to give the political parties a chance to find another way to assure our political future...
...tariff, there would appear to be no limit to the willingness or power of the Government to give Cheneys and others the rates they need. But in this respect, silkmen cannot agree among themselves. Not alone did Vice President Horace Cheney represent the Silk Association of America before the House Ways & Means Committee at Washington. A. P. Stapfer was also there. Mr. Cheney suggested rates double those of 1909. But Mr. Stapfer suggested reduced rates on georgettes, crepe de chines, flat crepes. Reason: the Cheney group is exclusively manufacturing; the Stapfer group both manufactures and imports; and yet a third...
Lahm Prize. Almost forgotten in the U. S. is Frank S. Lahm, 83, first U. S. citizen to take up ballooning as a sport, first person to give a full account of what Wilbur and Orville Wright accomplished, great protagonist of the Wrights in France. But in France where the elder Lahm has lived in retirement since the War, he is less a recollection. Each year he gives 30,000 francs ($1,175) for the most interesting accomplishment in aviation. Last week he gave the money to Juan de la Cierva, who invented the autogiro (flying machine with vanes whirling...