Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which of his fellows might the discerning U. S. citizen point as Man of the Year...
When Sir George Hubert Wilkins began his three-year long attempt to fly across the Arctic to Europe, Eielson, most experienced pilot of the region, became his pilot. Fairbanks, their base, has since become the base of most Alaskan flying. Point Barrow was their jumping point. In 1927 they made a westerly exploratory tour to north of Wrangel Island. Three times their plane came down on drifting ice. Eielson froze his fingers fixing the motor. At the third alighting they abandoned the plane. For 17 days they walked, jumped and crawled over the floes to Beechey Point, east of Point...
...crux of the matter. Monitors represent compulsory enrollment. It is fortunate for the Vagabond's existence that the authorities at Harvard are lenient in their handling of this weapon. To cut a class for the purpose of gaining a rare treat in some other classroom is, from his point of view praiseworthy. So saying, the Vagabond baits the lion in his den, and regards with approval the expediency of allowing the wanderer an excused cut when there is a conflict between his regular class and the unusual lecture...