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Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. of Manhattan enjoys very little private publicity these days. Only through his feverishly active and vociferous son and namesake does he appear headlines.* But last week he appeared in headlines quite independently. He served to make one of Manhattan's fondest illusions come true-that someone with a name like Vanderbilt is "biggest clubman." The 1927 edition of Club Members of New York shows that Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. belongs to 16 clubs- Larchmont Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, University, Union, Knickerbocker, New York Yacht, Union League, Century Association, Tuxedo, Brook, Metropolitan, Piping Rock, Turf and Field, Engineers...
This dormitory was made possible in large measure by the gift of H. S. Vanderbilt '07. It will be located in Boston, and will accommodate 250 students. It is so designed, however, that should it become desirable in the future, additions may be made which will increase its capacity to 400. There will be, in connection with the building, a large dining room which will seat 250 persons at a time. Work has been progressing steadily all winter, and the building should easily be finished by the autumn...
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...strange names are seen on the University schedule. Vanderbilt, which plays here June 7, and Villa Nova, which invades Soldiers Field on May 27, are the only distinct newcomers on the list. A home-and-home series with William and Mary, and a journey to the Berkshires to oppose the William nine, are unusual features...
...change to U. S. civilization, that the railroads ?then grimy, haphazard affairs, spattered with tobacco juice?would become a great factor in that civilization. They went to Manhattan where Jay Gould (1836-92), James Fisk (1834-72) and Daniel Drew (1797-1879) were forcing from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) control of the Erie, and where Commodore Vanderbilt himself was forcing his way to the control of the New York Central. When the Fisk-Gould machinations around President Grant brought on the "Black Friday" panic of 1869, Abraham Kuhn and Solomon Loeb had money. They loaned...