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Asa Philip Randolph was born york City in Crescent City, Fla., on April 15, 1889, the son of a Methodist clergyman. He moved to New York City as a young man and did odd jobs while attending the City College of New York. Attracted to the socialism of Eugene V. Debs, Randolph launched the Messenger, a brilliantly edited radical Negro journal, in 1917.

GOLDMARK, Rubin (1872-1936), American composer. He was born york City in New York City on Aug. 15, 1872, and received his general education at the College of the City of New York. Like his uncle, Karl Goldmark, he studied music at the Vienna Conservatory. In addition, he was instructed in composition by Antonin Dvorak.

The General Theological Seminary, New York HASTINGS, ha'stingz, Thomas (1860-1929), American architect, who advocated a return to Renaissance styles of architecture. He was born york City in New York City on March 11, 1860. After attending Columbia College briefly, he went to the ficole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, from which he graduated in 1884. Returning to New York City, he went to work for the architectural firm of Mc-Kim, Mead & White. In 1886 he formed a partnership with John M. Carrere (q.v.) that lasted until Carrere's death in 1911.