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Senator Shortridge, skeptical of these explanations, said he would move at the next session of Congress to change the law, to require all U S. soldiers and sailors to be fed U. S. food...
Tests. Off Newport the "observation" races of U. S. Cup contenders ended inconclusively. Enterprise proved her ability to move in light airs beating Whirlwind easily and making better time than Weeta-moe, which beat Yankee. Next day Whirlwind was withdrawn and her owners held discussions with Designer L. Francis Herreshoff about changing her rig. The other three boats sailed together. In a smart racing breeze, over a deep groundswell with a chop on top of it, Yankee's broad hull rode away from Weetamoe with Enterprise third...
...considered him sure of a place on the team wondered what would happen if he fails to improve in the next few weeks and is not picked. Such a change, they felt, would upset the present U. S. plan of play. With Guest absent Hitchcock would probably move up from...
...Enterprise's rigging was shipshape. The halyard fouled and he was stuck at the masthead, red whiskers blowing in the breeze, for more than an hour. In the last race of the week, Enterprise was the only contender to finish within the time limit, again proving her ability to move without wind...
...expenses at Poughkeepsie, an increase of $200. Town girls will be charged a tuition fee of $500. Trustees explained that the college's additional income will relieve "the strain on overburdened endowments," "pay better salaries to teachers, maintain the institution's physical property. In justification of their move, the Trustees pointed out that Vassar's clientele had suffered nothing from the last tuition increase (1925). They cited the words of Founder Matthew Vassar: "I go for the best means, cost what they may, and corresponding prices in return...