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...Mitchell. He said, in regard to the General's declaration that the Philippines would fall an easy prey to air attack, that of course the islands could be taken, but it could not be done by aircraft without a Navy. Two weeks, the time suggested for such a feat, he believed was "a pretty short time." Airplanes, he said, were essential as auxiliaries...
...University squash racquets Teams A and B, and the Freshman team were all triumphant in their week-end matches. Team B duplicated the feat of Team A by clinching the state championship in Class B when it defeated the Union Boat Club by a 4 to 1 score. J. H. Finley '25 was the only Crimson racquet wielder to go down to defeat. He lost to Ralph May after a close struggle, which went the five game limit...
...entire trip of the Boston 1, the plane piloted by Lieutenant Wade. The pictures will include scenes of actual flying conditions, some of them taken at high altitudes, and also pictures of the elaborate celebrations with which the American fliers were greeted in every part of the globe. The feat was accepted abroad as at home, as an accomplishment which will doubtless bear much the same relation to the development of aviation, as that of Magellan has to the history of sailing...
...success of this feat suggests that it may be possible to salvage between $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 in gold and valuables that sank with the Lusitania. The Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine in 1915, lies in 42 fathoms of water off the southern coast of Ireland. It opens up vistas of salvaging sunken Spanish argosies with their almost legendary treasures...
...play these movements adequately is a difficult technical feat. It requires an attack now crisp as frosty air, now heavy and lingering to catch the humming overtone of a big bell's voice. On Christmas day, in grey cathedral closes, in the belfries of State Houses, many bells will sound that are too heavy to be swayed by any bellringers, no matter how much they caper or warm their fingers. Biggest of all was the great bell of Moscow, cast around 1734, now used as the dome of a chapel. Other big bells are those of Burma, weight...