Word: nelson
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...Aldrich Library of Finance, acquired through the generosity of the Aldrich family of Providence and constituted chiefly of the material on banking, finance and the tariff brought together by Senator Nelson Aldrich in his lifetime, adds to the school's possession in these fields. Housed as it is in a separate room, it provides an excellent reference reading library for students who wish to withdraw from the rush of their everyday obligations to read comfortably and leisurely in the history of those subjects which certainly have lost none of their importance since the days when they engaged the interest...
...China. To read, write and speak Chinese is an asset invaluable to any U. S. diplomat in the Orient. Such a linguist is Assistant Secretary of State Nelson Trusler Johnson (salary: $9,000). Last week President Hoover sent his name to the Senate for confirmation as U. S. Minister to China (salary: $12,000) to succeed John Van Antwerp MacMurray, resigned. Than Minister Johnson no U. S. diplomat is more versed in the customs and curiosities, the politics and problems of China where, as student interpreter, he began his foreign service career 22 years...
...summary: HARVARD YALE Faude, g. g., Hardy Stollmeyer, r.f.b. r.f.b., Whitelaw Catinella, l.f.b. l.f.b., Rumsey Bland, r.h.b. r.h.b., Nelson Kane, c.h.b. c.h.b., Robertson Carter, Howe, l.h.b. l.h.b., Bowman Grover, Carrigan, Salmon Meyer, Wight, r.o.f., r.o.f., Morris Carrigan, Dorman, r.i.f. r.i.f., Freeman Broadbent, c.f. c.f., Chittenden, Carr Frame, l.i.f. l.i.f., Ashley Bodde, Forrester, l.o.f. l.o.f., Lee, Smith...
...weeks ago George Hannauer, late President of the Boston & Maine, died of heart failure while watching the Yale-Dartmouth game. Last week the B. & M. elected Board Chairman Thomas Nelson Perkins, Harvard Fellow, as acting President. Mr. Perkins has been an outstanding lawyer in Massachusetts for some 35 years. He was the first American member of the Reparations Commission, and in the Reparations Conference last spring he was alternate to Owen D. Young. That he is a Boston aristocrat does not weigh too heavily on his shoulders. He is noted for his democracy and humor...
...Nelson Robinson, Jr. Traveling Fellowship, established by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for 18 months of travel and study, is now held by James. Leonard Cannon '26, Julla Amory Appleton Fellowships, also for 18 months of travel and study, are held by Chester Orville Root and Cari Theodore Larson '25. Ralph Grady Gulley is holding one of the Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowships...