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...Moines, in the 28th Drake Relays, there were 39 events, 184 schools represented, 2,000 competitors. In the 43rd Penn Relays there were 76 events. 489 schools, 3,000 competitors. Drake had a queen (Frances Rather), warm weather the first day, cold the second. Penn had no queen (officials thought it undignified), cold weather the first day, warm the second. Drake had six 1936 Olympic trackmen, no Olympic champions. Penn had ten, of whom two (Spec Towns and Johnny Woodruff) were champions. Drake crowds totaled 20,000. Penn crowds totaled 50,000. Feature event at Drake was an invitation...
...Captain Mollison was not purchased with the idea in mind" of entering it in the Johannesburg Air Race. The deposit on the aircraft was received on Sept. 10 and Captain Mollison arrived in the U. S. the latter part of September, first coming to our factory on the 28th. The Johannesburg Race started at dawn from London on Sept. 29. The delivery date given Captain Mollison when placing the order was October 15; our pilot tested the machine on the 14th and it was ready for Captain Mollison on the date promised...
Oils and water colors selected from the works of William S. Haseltine, Class of 1858, will be seen in a special exhibition in the Balcony Room of the Fogg Museum, opening on Monday, November 16th, and running through Saturday, November 28th...
...took the War Department nearly 18 years to decide that Hero Parker's heroics rated the Medal of Honor. On July 18, 1918, the 28th infantry of the A.E.F.'s First division found itself in a tough frontline sector near Soissons. Between it and a troop of French Colonials on its left was a jutting mound and rock quarry from which a nest of German machine guns spat a relentless enfilade fire. Seeing that the U. S. flank would soon be shredded to bits, Lieutenant Parker ordered his platoon and a group of wandering, disorganized French Colonials...
...announcement of a memorial service in the Appleton Chapel on Tuesday January 28th as a mark of respect to the late King George, should be of interest to both members of the University and residents of Cambridge. In this way does Harvard join the great movement throughout the country which has insisted, during the past week, on showing its admiration and affection for George V. It is significant to note that on the day of the King's death, flags were lowered to half-mast along the main thoroughfares of most of the great cities of the United States...