Word: hills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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William H. Schmidt, 2nd, '37, of Chestnut Hill has been appointed chairman of the Freshman Jubilee Committee, it was learned last night. A committee of 15 has been appointed, and will meet for the first time Tuesday night to discuss plans for the affair. The Jubilee, which is the principal social event of the Freshman year, will be held in the Union in the latter part of May, probably on the night of the 25th, Schmidt announced. There will be dancing from ten to three o'clock, and refreshments will be served during a midnight intermission...
...Brookline, George S. Ford of Belmont, James B. Hallett of Denver, Colorado, George G. Hedblom of Chicago, Hlinois, Robert C. Holcombe of Cambridge, Herbert Jaques, Jr. of Boston, Malcolm B. McTernen, Jr. of Andover, Richard G. Pedrick of Beverly, John N.B. Pell of Westbury, L.I., Curtis Prout of Chestnut Hill, Edward B. Simmons of Baltimore, Maryland, Richard MacC. Walsh of Dorchester, Ira A. Watson of Brockton, Townsend U. Weekes of Oyster Bay, L.I., and Leavitt S. White of Plainfield...
...Hill was called to the Presidency of Antioch College of Yellow Springs, Ohio, to continue the great work of Horace Mann. This period of only two years is portrayed in the biography by many personal letters from and to the President. His troubles with the financial and sectarian situation, eventually leading to his decision to resign, are told in a manner which brings out his great ability and the exceedingly trying conditions under which he had to work. The letters from Hill gave in a way which no amount of second-hand writing can, the true character and nature...
...Hill's administration at Harvard belongs perhaps the most important part of the volume. Here are told the difficult he had with the changing ideas of education of the day. It was a time when the elective system and the high standards of the University were under fire and the way with which the President handled his tasks is extremely interesting reading to those who today are involved in the changing swirl of education...
...Roosevelt succeeds in bringing to head only 50 per cent of the projects such he has started in the first year his term, he is sure to be reelected in 36," said Edwin C. Hill, noted news writer and radio talker, in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday. "At present he is the number one here in the United States, and with any luck he should hold is position until after the at elections...