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...vast, quiet, faintly musty, gewgaw-cluttered chambers of the antique, red brick Smithsonian Institution, history is put to rest-there goes good news when it dies. But last week the Institution's "new" secretary (he has been there only 14 years and is only 70), Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, made live news. The gaunt, grave, full-mustached museum man had had on his mind the matter of Samuel P. Langley v. the Wright Brothers. The world regards Wilbur and Orville Wright as the country's true airplane pioneers, but Langley, onetime Smithsonian secretary, has been the Institution...
...length and a half behind Cunningham, the second lightweight crew, stroked by Johnny Abbot, tied with M. I. T. for third place in a dead heat. A length behind Abbot and M. I. T., the N.T.S. shell plugged across, out-raced but not disheartened...
Second 150-lb. Boat: Abbot, stroke; Drury, 7; Locke, 6; Greene, 5; Whittemore, 4; Olney, 3; Loring, 2; Low, bow; and Evans...
Contrasting interdependence as the direct opposite of independence, both in the affairs of men and nations, Abbot P. Usher '04, professor of Economics, stated that we must do away with national sovereignty after this war and live in a greater harmony with more regard for the rights of one another...
After conditioning themselves by ascending 8100 foot Mt. Abbot which was shrouded in frequent storms, the expedition divided and tackled Eagle Peak, a 9360 foot pinnacle, from either side. Although both parties were driven back by storms when within sight of the summit, valuable experience in climbing was gained which was helpful in later ascents...