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...least the cynics were right; for the bankers were hurrying to the 50th anniversary meeting of "banking progress" of the American Bankers' Association. Nearly 4,000 of them rallied to the meeting. Some of the high points...
...best of health at 76, Mr. Burbank has no idea of remitting his labors. Most men at 76 consider it an honor to be termed "spry." Mr. Burbank is better than spry-he is agile, can stand on his head. This month will round out his 50th year at Santa Rosa, where, aided by the Carnegie Foundation, the Burbank Society and a Federal land grant, he has directed the evolution of plant life so patiently and ingeniously as to produce, among other useful oddities, the spineless cactus, once a nuisance, now a fodder; fat, perennial rhubarb out of a skinny...
Smith College (for women, at Northampton, Mass.) prolonged her commencement exercises into ceremonies observing the college's 50th anniversary. Said President William Allen Neilson: "I look forward to the time when some enlightened man will leave his money to a college which will offer young men opportunities equal to those offered in the best colleges for young women." A series of lantern slides entitled The Circling Years, accompanied by rhymed comment, showed the "meteoric" growth of Smith from 14 to 2,000 students, showed the evolution of female habiliments from trailing black cambric skirts to bloomers, showed...
Five years ago, the famed Man o' War, then a 3-year-old, won the Withers Stakes at Belmont Park. Last week, American Flag, a son of his by Lady Comfy, came from far back to take the 50th running of this race from a small field...
...first prize this year was won by the new Saks building, 49th to 50th Streets on the East side of Fifth Avenue. The prize consists of a gold medal and diploma. The building is in the English Renaissance style...