Word: washington
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good family of social standing and abundant means, he was educated at expensive private schools. At 15 he started a juvenile newspaper of which his father, James H. Reed, bought every copy as a method of suppression. Sent to Princeton, he once ran away, hoboed his way to Washington, returned to his studies chastened by the experience. Graduated from Princeton in 1900, he studied law at the University of Pittsburgh, was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1903, entered his father's law firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay. The late Senator Knox, friend of the Reed family, helped...
...Castle was born in Honolulu, and his father was King Kalakaua's minister in Washington. He was graduated from Harvard in 1000 and was an instructor and assistant dean here from 1904 to 1913, During the American participation in the World War, he was director of the bureau of communications of the American Red Cross. Entering the state department as a special assistant in 1919, he was gradually promoted until he reached his present position of assistant secretary of state...
...ever present problems arising from the conflict between capital and labor, Economics 6a presents an admirable summary of the most vital issues. This course, given by Professor Ripley for many years, was taken over by Professor Persons of Boston University last year. The latter instructor, however, was called to Washington this fall to take up a government position as an expert on the question of unemployment, and to date no successor has been announced for the course...
...first concert will be offered in Pittsburgh on December 26, and will be followed by performances in Cincinnati, and Louisville, Kentucky, on the succeeding nights. After a concert in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on December 29, the Clubs will travel to Washington where they will be heard in the Hotel Mayflower. December 31, in New York, will be a free day. The New York concert will be given New Year's afternoon in the Hotel Plaza. Immediately following their last performance, in Philadelphia, on January 2, the Clubs will entrain for Boston, arriving early the next morning...
...offset their full schedule of appearances the men will find many suppers, teas, and dances, offered for their entertainment. The Louisville concert will be preceded by a tea dance and will be followed by a ball at the Pendennts Club. Previous to the performance in Washington there will be supper and dancing in the Garden Room of the Hotel Mayflower...