Word: houston
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must not, therefore, hasten to condemn negro troops. They have shown their mettle in many a skirmish, and the Houston affair is merely an incident which discredit individuals, not a race. The individuals have suffered, the race should...
...murders for which these men were hanged occurred last August in Houston, Texas. About one hundred and fifty troopers raided the town and held complete sway for several hours. During this period they shot a captain and many civilians, and were finally driven out by a posse. Such a riot has not occurred for years, and cannot easily by explained. The negro troops' last misbehavior occurred at Brownsville and resulted in the dismissal of an entire battalion from the service. All of which would seem to lead to the conclusion that our negro soldiers are a disgrace to the service...
...recent meeting of the Board of Trustees, Harold H. Swift of Chicago, a graduate of the University of Chicago, and Samuel F. Houston of Philadelphia, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, were elected to the Board of Trustees on which there are already representatives of the University, Princeton, University of Michigan, Yale, Amherst, University of North Carolina, Johns Hopkins, the University of the State of New York, the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. The staff in Paris is shortly to be increased by Professor Alderfer of Oberlin College...
Plans have already been made for an informal evening on the first day, with stories from the European front; and on the second day there will be addresses by President Lowell, David F. Houston, A.M. '92, Secretary of Agriculture; Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; William Phillips '00, Assistant Secretary of State; Charles S. Hamlin '83, Federal Reserve Board; Eliot Wadsworth '98, American Red Cross; Professor F. W. Taussig '79, chairman of Tariff Commission; A. W. Shaw, Commercial Economy Board (lecturer on Business Policy in the Business School), and other distinguished speakers...
Following are the remaining member of the squad and their respective state and cities: M. W. Howe '18, of Sant Barbara, Cal.; R. H. Hitchcock '19 of Pukoo, Hawaii; R. Horween '18, of Chicago Ill.; G. M. Parker '19, of Houston, Tex, Westmore Willcox '17, of Norfolk...