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...Steven J. Peyster, a Columbia freshman who stayed seven days in the Mathematics building and two and a half hours hiding under a sink after the police had cleared the building of demonstrators, told this story to a CRIMSON interviewer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Student Says Policemen Vandalized Buildings, Classrooms | 5/6/1968 | See Source »

Household silver became an index of financial status, and decorated with monograms and coats of arms, it became a highly personal way for a Dutch burgher to advertise his worth. When Colonel Abraham de Peyster died in 1728, he left behind 1,403¾ oz. of silver, all executed in ornate flatware and plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Knickerbocker Silversmiths | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

...Villiers (grandchildren of Frank Gould): Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford O'Brien, Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford (children of George's daughter, Vivien, Lady Decies): not to mention several dozen others of less distinguished names such as Anthony J. Drexel III, Caroline de Peyster Wainright, Gioia Bishop (various other grandchildren of George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sublimed Gould | 7/24/1933 | See Source »

...dandy, on his quarterdeck Roger was a genius. Though he took chances against all the rules, he had never lost a spar. With him shipped his brother Will as first mate; also his youngest brother Hugh, shanghaied by mistake. Roger and Hugh were both in love with Mary de Peyster, but bashful Hugh had done nothing about it beyond carving the Sea Witch's figurehead into a portrait of her. Roger had popped the question, got the answer. Hugh's brothers saved his life on the outward voyage but were not able to help him otherwise; somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pre-Cigar-Store | 2/13/1933 | See Source »

...debate with Oxford some time in the first week in December have been selected on the basis of a competition. The five men who have survived the trials are are follows. P. H. Cohen '32, P. C. Reardon '32, and D. M. Sullivan '33; and as alternates, S. M. Peyster '34 and A. E. Phillips...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PICK HARVARD SPEAKERS FOR DEBATE WITH OXFORD | 11/7/1931 | See Source »

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