Word: kingman
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...deep; the tiny boxes at the bottom are cabins of an expedition which has located, is digging up the meteorite. Farther on mesa dwellers, descendants of the original Hopi, gaze up from their doorways in the face of the earth at the winged monster on high. Beyond Kingman the plane crosses the Colorado River into California from where, if the day be clear, the passenger can see the lowest and highest points in the U. S.; Death Valley ( - 276 ft.) and Mt. Whitney (14,502 ft.). The desolate Mojave Desert is a runway to the last hurdle, the San Bernardino...
...next thing on the program of the Association was the reception for the members of the Class of 1934 at which the presidents of the Lampoon, CRIMSON, Advocate, Instrumental Clubs, Glee Clubs and Phillips Brooks House Association spoke and also J. M. Kingman '15. The Law School, Medical, and Dental Schools Committees also held receptions for the students in their respective schools. The Foreign Student Committee entertained 75 foreign students at a reception at which they were addressed by Dean Sperry, of the Divinity School. The Social Service Committee during the past week has been interviewing students interested in doing...
...Besides Kingman the speakers tonight will be P.M. Sweezy '31, president of the CRIMSON, Paul Brooks '31, president of the Lampoon, W. M. Wing '31, president of the Advocate, H. L. Brooks '31, president of the Glee Club, and Russell Smith '31, president of the Instrumental Club...
Short addresses will be given by the presidents of the CRIMSON, Glee Club, Brooks House, Lampoon, Advocate, and other men prominent in activities. J. M. Kingman '15, a director of settlement house work in Boston, will inform the first year men on the opportunities and possibilities of social service work...
...east-west transcontinental record. It was the first such flight ever made in full daylight. The plane was the Travel Air Mystery S, low-wing monoplane, powered with a supercharged Wright Whirlwind engine (TIME, Feb. 24). Elapsed time, including fuel stops at Columbus, St. Louis, Wichita, Albuquerque, and Kingman was 14 hr. 50 min. 43 sec.-faster by 3 hr. 52 min. than the record set three months ago by Lieut.-Colonel Roscoe Turner. Average flying time was 179 m.p.h., sometimes as high as 240. Pilot Hawks complained of headwinds over most of the course, varying between...