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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard in 1888 as president of his class. Since then he has achieved distinction in many walks of life. Long an authority on yachting, he won fame as skipper of the Resolute in 1920 in the race against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV. He has been conspicuous as well in the business world, and is at present trustee or director of more than 50 different corporations. It is believed that he was the first to suggest anything similar to the present House Plan, of which he is a warm supporter, when he spoke at Columbia University...
Unfortunately for the purposes of this article, I am not at liberty to divulge the plans which Eddie Farrell has up his sleeve, but if they work out as well as time-trials indicate, some of the races will provide eye-openers. Certain events that are conceded to the Green and Cornelian may be captured by Harvard and it is quite within the reach of the Harvard team to clinch the meet for the fifth successive year by 9.10 o'clock on Saturday night--one full hour before the varsity relay is scheduled...
...Boston is no different from other cities in its support of musical comedies," said Jane Cowl, the well known actress, yesterday, being surprised to hear from a representative of the CRIMSON that Boston is known as a musical comedy town. Miss Cowl is appearing at the Plymouth Theatre in "The Jealous Moon," a play of which she is co-author...
...number of reasons for this condition, comprising factors which have been slow in coming to a head. The first is that the tastes of the public are obviously becoming lower. The second is that the management of plays is no longer in the hands of a few well established men, but in the hands of many persons some of whom have been mere ticket takers, have accumulated a few thousand dollars, and with their deplorable taste have entered the managing game. Another factor lies in ticket speeulation which, if not curbed, will be the death of the theatre...
...Thomas was then introduced and spoke for 20 minutes. "Public utilities," he declared, "are deriving great profits at the expense of the people. The great holding companies, such as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, are ruining the country. It is a well-known and disgraceful fact that two years ago $30,000 were spent here at Harvard in an attempt to induce Harvard professors to spread propaganda for public utilities." As an illustration of the exhorbitance of the rates charged by United States monopolies, Mr. Thomas showed that the rates in Ontario where the electric power concern is owned...