Honorary Degrees at Columbia Today
More than 2,000 students will receive diplomas as Columbia confers seven honorary degrees at the 160th commencement on the Morningside campus. Notables include Seth Low and John Huston Finley. ceremonies span the morning with a campus parade, mummers, and Alumni events into the night.
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Columbia
Morningside
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Seth Low
John Huston Finley
College of the City of
William Montague Geer
St. Paul's Chapel
Trinity Parish
Walter Damrosch
William Williams
Edward Livermore Burlingame
Scribner's Magazine
Aristides Agramonte
University of Havana
Butler
South Field
Pennsylvania
Barnard
Milbank
Hewitt memorial wins Bessemer Gold Medal in 1890
The Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain awarded Hewitt the Bessemer Gold Medal in 1890. The collection also includes Columbia commemorative medals for Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War figures, and notable literary and scientific figures. It highlights events like New York City’s founding, the Ice Canal opening, the Washington Centennial, the Hudson Fulton Celebration, and university anniversaries.
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Hewitt
Bessemer
Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain
Columbia
New York City
Washington
Hudson Fulton
Jefferson Statue Unveiled at Columbia University
The Partridge statue of Thomas Jefferson was unveiled yesterday afternoon before a distinguished audience at Columbia. Gift from the Joseph Pulitzer estate, it stands before the School of Journalism near Hamilton’s statue with Ralph Pulitzer present.
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Thomas Jefferson
Columbia
Joseph Pulitzer
School of Journalism
South Field
Alexander Hamilton
Pulitzer
Ralph Pulitzer
George MccAneny
Board of Aldermen
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
George L. Rives
Columbia Board
C. C. Rawlings
The
Union Trust Company
John B. Pine
William Ordway Partridge
Wiliam Peterfield Trent
Butler
University of Virginia
Partridge
New York
New Republic
Columbia University & — of Journalism
Jefferson
City of
George McAneny
Trent
Private bankers to quit Nationals as directors
Morgan on three boards. Law does not specify and courts may be asked to interpret it.
Customs rulings upheld free entry for German wood pulp
United States Court of Customs Appeals sustained imports seeking free entry of bleached chemical wood pulp from Germany under reciprocal and most favored nation clauses. The ruling favored a lower duty or specific rates in several other classifications, including watch jewels and opium, with decisions guiding future treatment of private bankers on national bank boards and the looming Federal Reserve structure.
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United States Court of Customs Appeals
Germany
Russia
Finland
United States
Castle, Gottheil & Overton
Canada
R. FF
Lang
Freund
Munich
Montgomery
Elgin National Watch Company
Merck & Co
Blind man wins honors at Columbia with degree earned despite birth blindness
David Edgar Guyton, blind from birth, earned a Master of Arts degree after a year at Columbia and will receive the diploma by mail in Missouri where he works as an instructor. His career included a BA from Blue Mountain College in 1903, a BS from the University of Mississippi in 1911, and extensive study in history, economics, sociology, and English under noted professors.
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Columbia
David Edgar Guyton
Missouri
Guyton
Blue Mountain College
Western University
University of Mississippi
W. A. Dunning
Columbia College seals showcase historic artifacts at Avery Library
The public viewed Columbia College's long lost original seal yesterday at Avery Library, a 100 year recovery exhibited with related items from 18th and 19th century collections. The display includes an 1809 seal, Johnson papers, a 1775 London engraved silver medal, and Hewitt era awards highlighting early university history.
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Columbia College
Avery Library
George H. Farke
Williamsport
Penn
Parke
George Harrison
Trinity Church
Kings College
Columbia
King's College
New York
America
Johnson
London
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Jacob Harsen
Hewitt
Abram S. Hewitt
Philolexian Society
Misses Hewitt
Roty
Chamber of Commerce
Bankers Agree to Plan on Controller's Order
Four bankers from Baltimore and Washington meet at the Willard to discuss John Skelton Williams’ demand that national banks disclose detailed daily transaction data. The group settles in support of the controller’s ruling, despite earlier misgivings about trade secrets being exposed.
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Tucker D. Sands
Commercial National Bank of Washington
George W. White
National Metropolitan Bank of Washington
The
Treasury
Williams
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Treasury Department
New York Times
Washington
John Skelton Williams
Willard
Walter Newcomer
Balimore National Exchange Bank
Albert PD. Graham
Citizens’ Bank of Baltimore
Douglas H. Thomas
Merchants and Mechanics, Bank of Baltimore
Federal Reserve Bank Directors Election Beginnings
The Office of the Controller of Currency will mail blank election forms to 7,000 banks for the election of Federal Reserve bank Directors. The process requires secret ballots mailed in sealed envelopes to the Organization Committee in Washington and is to be conducted strictly under the Federal Reserve Act to prevent influence from larger banks.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Washington
Office of the Controller of Currency
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve System
Williams
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Federal Reserve Act
Organization Committees
Organization Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
District Reserve
Giant Wholesale Wash and White Goods Sale Draws Hundreds
Buyers from up to 300 miles and beyond converged on the Hf. B. Clafin Company store at Worth and Church Streets for a multi department sale of wash and white goods. The event featured first time season lines, heavy business in printed fabrics and scrims, and prices from 4% to 8% cents a yard with large off retail quantities. The sale continues through the week with merchants from the Far West and South among those attending.
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New York
Hf. B. Clafin Company
Worth
Church Streets
Wesleyan Seniors Name The New York Times Most Popular
In Middletown on June 2 the Wesleyan University class of 1914 voted The New York Times as the most popular newspaper among undergraduates, receiving twice as many votes as the next rival. Billie Burke topped the actress list with a strong lead over Maude Adams. Sothern edged Drew and Fairbanks as the top male actor. Kipling was named most popular author with Dickens Stevenson and Farnell also noted.
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New York Times
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
THE
TIMES
Billie Burke
Maude Adams
Julia Marlowe
Kk. HH. Sothern
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Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust
B’way
N.Y
Montague St
Bkn
B’y
Fulton St
Jamaica
N. Y
Main St
White Plains
Synol Soap
Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers
Thes
Wallach Bros
Broadway
Qor
Third Ave
Yordon
THOS
J. Stewart CO
Bryant. J . City
St. Sts
Seth Low, John H. Finley, and
Hamilton
Morgan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
National Bank of Commerce
J. P.organ
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan Co
M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Ledyard Blair
Blair & Co
Charles Lanier
Winslow, Lanier & Co
National City Bank
J. W. Morgan
Jacobh. Schiff
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
George ,R. Sheldon
William C. Sheldon & Co
Edgar L. Marston
Blair
34Th Street
Guard Reserve Bank
H. B. Claflin Co
Times Wesleyan Choice
Altman & On
Fifty Avenue
34Th and
35Th Streets
Newark
King of
Table Waters
Saks & Company
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Pier 18
No. River
Murray St
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
North Side
India Wharf
Milk Street
Metropoli Steamship Line
St. John
N. B
Maine
Maritime Provinces
Traffic Dept
Pier
North River
Cortlandt
Easterns.s.corporation
Western Union
Moneygram
Western Union Telegraph CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!