Word: howard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recast of the pitching records of the seven hurlers on the University squad shows four who have perfect scores. R. H. Booth '27 has won two games and lost none, while Willard Howard '28, E. L. Molloy '29 and Howard Whitemore '29, have each won one contest and have suffered no defeats. Of the hurlers who have appeared on the mound oftener, J. N. Barbee '28 is in the lead, with six wins and one loss, for an average of .857. R. R. Ketchum '29 has won three and lost one for .750, and F. B. Cutts '28, with three...
Some 50 years ago a young woman from Wisconsin came to Washington to study law. Law schools at that time refused to accept women students. Only the Law School at Howard University would admit her, and Howard University is a Negro institution. Undaunted, the woman from Wisconsin entered Howard, studied with Negroes, received her diploma. In 1881 she was admitted to the District of Columbia bar. Last week in Washington many an organization assembled to honor Emma M. Gillett's memory. Born in a log cabin in Wisconsin in 1852 she was, at the time of her death (January...
...Beecher slipped the ring on Pinky's finger, cried: "With this ring I thee wed - to freedom!" After her freedom had been purchased, "Pinky" went to live with a Brooklyn family, was re-named Rose Ward, dropped from the public eye. Later she went to Washington, graduated from Howard University (Negro), taught school. In 1882 she married James Hunt, Negro lawyer. Since 1891 the Hunts have lived at No. 411 Florida Ave., Washington...
...identity of "Pinky" and Mrs. Hunt was established more than a year ago by Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, then president of Howard University, now pastor of Plymouth Church. Hearing that Beecher's "Pinky" was living in Washington, Dr. Durkee sought out Mrs. Hunt, found that she remembered details of her life in Brooklyn. She also had in her possession a copy of the bill of sale executed in 1860. "I am just as certain that Mrs. Hunt is 'Pinky' as I am of my own personality," said Dr. Durkee last week...
Ferguson. Ontario went dry in 1916 as a War measure; the man who made it wet again is Prime Minister G. Howard Ferguson. He said that under Prohibition, doctors wrote 1,500,000 liquor prescriptions a year; that 50 persons in Ontario died from poisonous liquor; that the Province was "saturated" with illegally sold liquor. Said Governor Ferguson: "Unless this thing was settled I would not care to be Prime Minister for another hour." In December, 1926, elections, the people elected a legislature pledged 2 to 1 in favor of the Ferguson plan of government liquor control...