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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Indian scout and showman; J. Sterling Morton, first Secretary of Agriculture and fatherof Arbor Day*; Samuel R. McKelvie, member of the Federal Farm Board, publisher, and ex-governor; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (learned to fly at Lincoln); Ace Hudkins, pugilist; Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School. HAROLD L. PETERSON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Excited at the news, Vice President J. L. Fearing of International Paper Co. (I. P. & P. subsidiary) telephoned to Montreal to learn the reason for his chief's sudden reversal. By this time President Graustein had recovered somewhat from his interview with the two premiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Premier v. Pulpster | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...When I took my first bicycle tour in Germany, I noticed that the German wheelmen carried a whip in a receptacle attached to the handlebars. Upon inquiry, it was for dogs. I carried no whip, for l found a more excellent way. When chased by infuriated dogs, which happened three or four times every day, I waited till the monster got close. Then leaning over. I spit in his eye, becoming with practice uncannily accurate. The animal invariably retired. It wasn't the heat, it was the humidity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Julius Birge '31 as chairman of the Library Committee to take the place of W. McK. Dunn '30, who was recently elected vice-president of the Association. Nelson Cochrane '32 has been appointed chairman of the Speakers Bureau to fill the place left vacant by the resignation of A. L. Watkins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P. B. H. Names Birge for Post | 12/7/1929 | See Source »

Lieutenant Connor from West Point, who was scheduled on the program, was unable to come, and in place of his bout. H. B. Wessellman '31 and E. L. Lane '24 engaged with epees. One of the fastest matches of the evening was the next one between Levis and Righeimer L. C. Winter '31 and H. B. Veatch '32 put on a very interesting bout with the sabre, followed by the Lane brothers in the only judged match of the evening, in which E. L. Lane won with five touches to four...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWORDSMEN STAGE GALA PERFORMANCE IN HEMENWAY BOUTS | 12/7/1929 | See Source »

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