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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...society, to be known as the Harvard Aeronautical Society, has been organized, with the purpose of rendering accessible to Harvard students information about flights, and of giving opportunity for experimental work under the supervision of the Astronomical and Engineering Faculties. The experimenting groups will attempt to construct some full-sized gliding machines...
...then the college is passing through a transitional period, and is not to be absorbed between the secondary school on the one side and the professional school on the other, we must construct a new solidarity to replace that which is gene. The task before us is to frame a system which, without sacrificing individual variation too much, or neglecting the pursuit of different scholarly interests, shall produce an intellectual and social cohesion, at least among large groups of students, and points of contact among them all. This task is not confined to any one college, although more urgent...
...University may not yet be able to construct a new gymnasium, but it should at least keep the present one decently clean. It is now filthy throughout...
...lowest ebb, many men go without any form of physical activity rather than use the Hemenway Gymnasium,--a state of affairs which must be changed immediately. In the words of the donor of the present building, "the best thing for the College to do would be to construct an entirely new gymnasium to combine the finest features of the best college gymnasiums...
...have crossed the Sahara desert and have attempted to reach the North Pole in this manner, though without success. In the future, balloons will be used for reconnoitering in times of war, and for this purpose the French have built the "Republique" and the Germans are helping Count Zeppelin construct another dirigible balloon. The great advance that has been made in this line is in the fact that these balloons are driven by motor power...