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...They are proud to possess the key. They know that the key Has come into its own. Undergraduates have always voted, insincerely, that they would rather win it than a football letter. But only lately have potent business executives preferred to hire P. B. K. men. For example, Walter Sherman Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., recently announced the results of a survey showing that "men from the first tenth of their college classes [equivalent of P. B. K. rank] have four times the chance of those from the lowest third to stand in the highest tenth...
...once to handshake Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, once to be photographed at his desk. Mayor Thompson spends most of his time, in short-sleeved shirt, with cigar in mouth, surrounded by spittoons, henchmen and pictures of himself, in a "suit" of rooms at Chicago's Hotel Sherman...
...next year's tilt a Yale paper will be given to both teams). The Harvard men did their writing in a classroom along with 140 other students. The same rules applied, except that the Harvard team was not allowed to smoke. Seven members held scholarships; one, Richard T. Sherman of Algona, Iowa, had been editorial chairman of the Harvard Crimson; another, Henry T. Dolan, suffering a fractured kneecap, took his examination in a hospital...
...Walter Sherman Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., wrote an article in the May Harper's showing why businessmen, as well as lawyers and physicians, prefer scholars. He cited a survey made by his own firm, in which it was found that "men from the first tenth of their college classes [equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa rank] have four times the chance of those from the lowest third to stand in the highest tenth salary group." He concluded: "While I do not believe that success in life can be rated by income, I do believe that...
...comprising the Harvard team are J. E. Barnett '28, H. T. Dolan '28, J. L. Lane ocC., J. D. Merriam '28, L. J. Rittenband '29, R. T. Sharpe '28, R. T. Sherman '28, Harold Strauss '28, and E. C. Wilkins '28. The alternates are G. B. Bingham '28, and C. H. Hartwig '28. Yale will be represented by D. H. Ballous, J. M. Berenstein, T. W. Copeland, J. S. Eels Jr., P. H. Gray Jr., R. A. Huntingdon Jr., J. K. Jessup, S. F. Kennedy, J. F. Rettger, and G. H. Washington, with G. B. Berger Jr., D. G. Gerg...