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Such spindling of the Kennelly-Heaviside Layer requires a logical mechanics. Dr. Maris, "elated over the discovery," described a mechanics to burly, booming old Captain Robert Abram ("Bob") Bartlett, who while visiting Alaska is acting correspondent for the New York Times. Dr. Maris expounded: "The earth in its motion through space occasionally passes through streams of gas, debris of comets, etc. It is entirely within the realms of possibility that friction between the atmosphere of the earth and these very rare gas clouds should leave the earth with a positive charge...
...Mount Van Hoevenberg bob-sled run at Lake Placid, N. Y. is no ordinary coasting hill. It is an ice-lined ditch 1 1/2 mi. long, twisting down the side of a comparatively small Adirondack mountain. The sleds that go down it are $400 machines equipped with steering wheel, brakes, and seats ten inches above the runners. They weigh 485 lb. and are stored in a garage at the foot of the slide. Such deluxe coasting is a new sport for the U. S. The Mount Van Hoevenberg run was constructed two years ago because the program of winter sports...
...natural that almost the only competent bobbers in the U. S. as yet are sportsmen of some means who live within a 20-mi. radius of Lake Placid. The four Stevens brothers manage a Lake Placid hotel which they inherited from their father. They win so many bob-sled races-last fortnight they took all the events in the national A. A. U. champion-ships-that impartial observers might easily infer that New York State's $250,000 served chiefly to entertain the hill-sliding Stevens brothers. But sliding down a hill is less a vocation for the Stevens...
...display among the drawings are two of outstanding merit by Carl Pick. hard '31, a former Lampoon editor. One, incidentally, is a representation of Bob Lampoon, who was for many years the janitor of the Lampoon building, and has now become a traditional figure. Byman Bloom is the author of two collections of supporter sketches. These of one group, which are similar in style to the works of George Rellows, depict different wrestlers, while the others are sccues from a circus, reminiscent of the French artist. Tonleuse Lautree...
Winning every event but one, Coach Bob Muir's Freshman swimmers took an easy victory from the Tech freshmen at the Indoor Athletic Building Saturday afternoon...