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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nicholas Murray Butler's maternal grandfather, Rev. Nicholas Murray of Elizabeth, N. J., was a lifetime Presbyterian and onetime Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church. Says his grandson: "So marked was his leadership and so great was his authority that he was often humorously referred to as the Presbyterian Pope...
...McGregor, N...
Were he to descend a few academic steps, the President might find what he is seeking. For among the eight American Civilization Counsellors, there is one who has survived last year's shakeup. Experienced, willing, and free from the worries and obligations attendant upon a full professorship, Henry N. Smith, Counsellor in the Union, seems an excellent choice for executive head of the American Civilization Plan. The President would do well to waive the question of rank, and appoint this logical candidate. The Plan perished once from administrative neglect; it is not long likely to display the tenacity...
...Association, to serve three years, were Arthur W. Page '05, of New York, and Richard C. Floyd '11, of Brookline, Mass. Mr. Page is Vice-President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Southern Education Foundation, Teachers College, N. Y., and Bennington College. Mr. Floyd, a manufacturer is Vice-President of Bird and Son, and for several years has been President of the Varsity Club...
...unusual color to Hawkeye gridiron pageants. The carefully selected group that makes up this unusual musical unit is composed of a drum major, 21 pipers, two base drummers, eight snare and five tenor drummers, and four lassies who dance the highland fling. Organized in 1935 by Col. George F. N. Dailey, the unit has won wide acclaim in the four short years of its existence...