Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were playing for a trophy in memory of Hobart Amory Hare ("Hobey") Baker, famed all-around Princeton athlete of 20 years ago. Shrewd critics rated Princeton's team best this year, Harvard's next. All four started with victories over early opponents until Yale tackled McGill in Montreal last week. McGill, with its best team in 15 years, ran a 5-to-1 score over Yale without appearing...
...turn of the century the late Cyrus Hall McCormick was looking for a cashier for his reaper company. He sent an emissary to fetch George Ranney, 24, a teller in the Chicago branch of the Bank of Montreal. Said young Ranney: "If Mr. McCormick wants to see me. let him come over to the bank." So the great Cyrus, in his sideburns and full dignity, marched into the bank and took Teller Ranney away with him. In time Mr. Ranney became Harvester's financial expert, was given credit for Harvester's lucid financial statements, became (and still...
...more than an intensification of his perennial efforts to prevent foreign capitalists from playing a dominant role in Mexico and to bring the country's enterprise under Socialistic State control. Dismayed by this evidence of General Calles' fresh intent to press his program strongly, the Bank of Montreal (which once exercised almost a monopoly in large scale Mexican credit and exchange operations) was reported by Mexico City's authoritative El Universal last week about to follow the example of the Anglo South American Bank which recently closed its branches in Mexico...
Died. General Sir Arthur William Currie, 57, Wartime Commander-in-chief of the Canadian forces in France, principal and vice-chancellor since 1920 of McGill University; of pneumonia and cerebral thrombosis; in Montreal. Onetime teacher, realtor, insurance man, he commanded a volunteer regiment when War came, took an infantry brigade to France. He rose rapidly, won fame at the second battle of Ypres where his men faced poison gas for the first time, became Commander-in-chief in 1917. After his triumphal return, there were whispers that he sacrificed his men in a vainglorious desire to have the Canadians fire...
...Harvard Debating Team will complete what has been perhaps its most extensive program of outside contests, with a trip to Waterville, Maine, Tuesday, December 12, to debate with Colby College, and on Thursday evening, December 21 will travel to Montreal to debate McGill University. The team has already made two outside debates, and these two trips bring the total for the fall season to four. This is one of the largest schedules of fall trips the team has had. Four trips has often been considered a large quota for a full year's season. This series of trips marks...