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...PRESENT OWNER OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY" (Dreiser's capitals) to that fact that in Tacoma, Wash, "on February 19, 1931 . . . sixteen men were poisoned by food from the Volunteers of America soup kitchen, from which four died...
...much-dreaded "exam" period will start for Wellesley girls Tuesday and continue two weeks. Authorities are planning diversions during this period. Each dormitory, for instance, will serve soup, tea, and crackers at 9.30 o'clock each night, and will have afternoon tea for residents at least twice a week. The Juniors will have their annual tea dance for the freshmen after the freshman English composition examination Friday. Juniors say that only girls with ink-stained fingers and "exam" clothes will be admitted...
...praise to Camden, N.J. for containing the factories of RCA-Victor Co., Campbell Soup Co., Armstrong Cork Co., Jantzen Knitting Mills, New York Shipbuilding Co., Congoleum-Nairn Inc. et al., and the house in which Poet Walt Whitman died...
...hazed, and any man who lived in South Mass that year will confirm the statement. I got up early in the morning and galloped over to the flagpole and back in pajamas or I got paddled. Wearing knickers or sweaters was unknown to a freshman then, and a soup green hat always balanced 'twixt his ears. I have never heard any '33 man regret those things. Best of all, we got to know our classmates by seeing them wear a fresh...
There are richer men than was Dr. Dorrance; more valuable organizations than Campbell Soup Co. But few companies so big were ever completely owned by one man. Many an investment banker's mouth watered at the thought of selling such a fat goose to the public. None ever succeeded in talking business with Founder Dorrance (excepting Lehman Bros., which sold a few shares of preferred stock, later retired). In his will Dr. Dorrance admonished his executors not to sell Campbell Soup stock but if "after the greatest deliberation" a sale is ever found necessary, to sell...