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Those who remember the lively and fraternal days of the Senior Picnic,--now passed beyond recall, in all probability--may regard with virile contempt the Senior Celebration taking place tonight--not in wild and unpopulated regions, as did its famous predecessors,--but in the confined and domesticated area of the Yard. Instead of the unlawful and justly unpopular activities formerly viewed with such righteous indignation by most of the Seniors, there will be moving pictures. Possibly even that incomparable comedy which was conspicuous by its absence at the 1924 Smoker, and which had previously stimulated such merriment at all gatherings...
...called German Cheka-but Stinnes' death (TIME, April 21) foiled the Red plot. In Paris, it was persistently declared that the "King of Coke" had committed suicide. For the first time since the French occupation of the Ruhr, President Ebert is to visit the occupied area. The occasion is the Cologne Industrial Fair. Herr Penfick of the National Liberal League and Professor Meyer, "another politician," have testy tempers. Penfick attacked Meyer in a speech, which so enraged the latter that he dashed a glass of water in the face of Penfick, who, insulted, picked up a desk and flung...
...conditions of success are severe. The machine must be able to rise vertically to 2,000 feet, remain at that height for half an hour hovering over a small area, make complete circles, fly horizontally at not less than 60 miles an hour, and finally descend vertically from a height of not less than 500 feet with the engines stopped...
...horsepower Liberty. Nor is a high degree of forward speed really hard to achieve. It is in coming down with engines stopped that the main difficulty lies. The airscrew must then act as a giant parachute. When one man sails down gently in a parachute its supporting area must be over 100 square feet. It is enormously difficult to provide a supporting area enough to prevent a 2,000 pound machine from crashing violently to the ground. The airscrew blades revolving like a windmill must have gigantic proportions which will militate against achievement in other directions...
...Varsity Club. R. C. Floyd '11, former track manager at the University and a member of the advisory board of the Intercollegiate Association, will be toastmaster. Other honary guests will include Lothrop Withington '11, W. J. Bingham '16, General A. W. Brewster of the 306 First Corps Area, and J. J. Merrill...