Word: sams
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the speakers who will be at Northfield this June are many who are well known thoroughout the country. The most prominent men who will lead the Conference are: Dr. G. R. Baker, C. S. Campbell, Dr. H. S. Coffin, Sam Higginbottom, C. E. Hurry, J. W. Macdonald, F. P. Miller, Dr. F. N. Seerley, Dr. R. E. Speer, Norman Thomas, Dr. H. H. Tweedy, Dr. R. P. Wilder, S. W. Wiley, the Honorable J. S. Wilson, and H. P. Van Dusen...
...morning last week, lessons were proceeding as usual at Oak Park (Ill.) High School, when a messenger from Principal M. R. McDaniel's office entered one of the classrooms and haled Student Sam Givens into the corridor. He was wanted at "the office." Having lately won a local oratorical contest, Sam flushed with pleasure, thinking to himself: "Ho, ho, this will be something that Mac [Principal McDaniel] wants to say to me about the national oratorical contest...
...office messenger haled Student Al Adams, football luminary, from his studies. Al headed for the office wondering if they wanted the correct spelling of his name for his diploma, or something. "Buck" Halperin, another footballer, captain for next fall, followed Al and Sam. So did Lawrence ("Larry") Forster, baseball captain; so did Arthur ("Art") Bramhall, star pitcher; so did Edwin Fogarty, social light; Millard Meyers, Oak Park funnyboy; the two popular Hadfield boys, Bill and Bud-and many another. It was a veritable procession of Oak Park notables, 51 of the leading boy students...
...sent his son, Sam Adolph, to Princeton ('04) and to Columbia Law School ('07), then took him into the firm, now Adolph Lewisohn & Sons. As wealth accumulated he entered philanthropy in the educational and artistic fields. He housed the Columbia School of Mines with a gift of $300,000. He assisted the College of the City of New York to form a German library, to build an athletic stadium. He collected paintings-Blakelock, Bellows and other moderns as well as Rembrandt, Titian, Dürer-and put them where they could be enjoyed by the people as well...
...being made: some $23,000,000 for Spanish War veterans' pensions, some $72,000,000 for Civil War veterans, some $50,000,000 for World War veterans, about $18,000,000 for Civil Service retirements. These bills, he intimated, would have to be trimmed so that Uncle Sam could make ends meet, or the President might have to use his veto power...