Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conclusive, but it does indicate a turn in the tide. The "self-made man" of a generation ago, inevitably turning up in New York with a nickel in his pocket and emerging a "captain of industry," has passed off the stage along with the railroad empires of Harriman and Hill. That era was one of pioneer expansion, rapid transition, and adventurous growth; stimulating to speculation and the building up of great "get-rich-quick" fortunes by shrewd gamblers who rightly played their "hunches". In such a period the college man was out of the running. His four years of education...
...Committee on Scholarships of the New England Federation of Harvard Clubs is composed of the following men: Roger Wolcott '99, chairman, Boston; Edward A. Harriman '88, New Haven; Howard Corning '90, Bangor, Me.; Wellington Wells '90, Boston; Percy M. Williams Dn. '91-93, Rutland, Vt.; Rudolph Weld '05, Dedham; William G. Roelker '09, Providence...