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This tabulation gives Coolidge 37 of the 115 electoral votes of these states, LaFollette 28, and Davis only six. Twenty votes stand an equal chance of going to Coolidge or LaFollette. Sixteen are uncertain. Mr. Gilbert concludes that John W. Davis is not a candidate in this region. Democrats would have something other...
...Alaska, District of Columbia," he went on, "Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Canal Zone." After each name the delegates sighed with relief. After two and a half days the roll call was over. Sixteen candidates had had themselves nominated. McAdoo had been seconded eleven times, Smith seven times, Underwood and Glass twice each, Silzer, Ritchie. John W. Davis and Brown once each. Two and half days had been worn away in oratory and Fahrenheit heat, interspersed with soul-exhausting demonstrations of as much enthusiasm as was thought to be politically effective. Yet an end had been achieved?not the nomination...
...Harvard University by Mr. George F. Baker of New York for the construction of new buildings for the Graduate School of Business Administration is as distinctive in the annals of American education as are the efforts of the School itself. After an apprenticeship of sixteen years, during which the Harvard Business School has been an outstanding influence in business education, it has been accorded recognition by one of the country's foremost business men. It has passed its most difficult test, and has become the subject of an enlightened interest, not only because of the value of its service...
...Sixteen entries have been received by the British Air Ministry for its Helicopter prize of $25,000. Not all the contestants are British. The U.S. is represented by Emil Berliner and his son Henry who have already achieved considerable success with a vertical lift machine in various tests in Washington. Pescara represents France, and there is at least one Spaniard in the running...
...addition to Coach Stevens, W. C. Ladd '26, second assistant crew manager, and James Connor, rigger, will go to Philadelphia. The sixteen oarsmen and the two coxswains who are to make the trip follow...