Word: mens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called him last year, is undoubtedly starting things moving. Many of us old Timers are wondering if he is not undertaking too much. Personally I prefer the policy of his predecessor, who sat still, said nothing, and acted, when he acted, chiefly on the recommendations of big bankers-men who knew what they were doing...
...House of Representatives undoubtedly gets through its business with commendable speed, although often we come to believe that it is accomplished through log rolling and the docile follow-the-leader voting of men who respect the machine which elected them. In the Senate again, business is undoubtedly oftentimes outrageously delayed, but we often suspect that the delays are caused by independent-thinking Senators who refuse to vote till they have aired the entire question...
...Texon, Tex., the Group One Oil Corp., had drilled an oil well to 8,525 feet when I left that vicinity last fall. The well came in on low production but, to the amazement of oil men, volume both of gas and oil began to mount soon after, increasing markedly each 24-hour period. Oil was of such high gravity it was said to be fit for use for fuel for automobiles without refining...
...President Hoover last week reappointed Joseph Bartlett Eastman to the lately active Interstate Commerce Commission (see p. 11) to the great disgruntlement of reactionary rail men. Also appointed to the I. C. C. was Robert M. Jones of Tennessee...
Last week through the bare boles of the trees, past the stocky, red-brick buildings of Pomfret School, a sombre hearse made its way. As it must to all men, Death had come to Headmaster William Beach Olmsted, whom Pomfret boys have affectionately, awesomely known as "Mr. O" for 32 years. Pomfret boys knew that he was not leaving the school as he had found...