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The Varsity Club is a graduate organization maintained by dues of its members. All men who make their letters on an athletic team are eligible for membership. It was founded in 1908.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRAINING TABLES AT VARSITY CLUB TO BE CONTINUED | 10/7/1931 | See Source »

The distinction of membership in the League of Nations costs a country's treasury anywhere from $45,000 a year (for little nations like Costa Rica or Liberia) to $450,000 a year (Britain, France and other great powers). Five years ago frugal Costa Rica decided that even $45,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Twelfth Assembly | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

"There are more people starving for love and companionship than there are starving for bread," red-inked the American Friendship Society of Detroit, which offered "ABSOLUTELY FREE" lists of wealthy widows to anybody who had the price of a two-cent stamp. In four years the "society" had collected more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: We Make Thousands Happy | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

There is a Rockefeller Family Association. It was founded in 1905, when John Davison Rockefeller's name was large in the news as charitarian and anathema* Then 110 less-known Rockefellers gathered at Germantown, N. Y., laid the foundation. Their purposes: "Fellowship . . . acquaintances . . . assisting children of Rockefeller descendants to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 27, 1931 | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

John Davison joined early but never attends meetings. He has sent busses to convey one district of R. F. A. membership to a picnic on his Pocantico Hills estate, absenting himself the while. Last year, when twelve persons qualified for a badge signifying 25 years of membership, John Davison, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 27, 1931 | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

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