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...aspired to flight in the air ever since he was created. In pagan mythology it was left to the gods to sail through space, and their soaring was looked upon with awe. Later the Valkyrie took up the fashion where Mercury left off, and still the people looked on it with awe. Finally Leonardo da Vinci, a mortal, decided that men could fly as well as gods and birds. To his endeavors people turned a deaf ear and a superstitious frame of mind, alternately calling him god and devil. He was classed with the witches and their broomstick flying machines...
...people of America. . . . We have millions of orphans who need clothes, medicines, education, books - everything - as well as foodstuffs, and Russia is so poor. Then I want to see your new- est schools and hospitals for children, and study, the best American systems." Mme. Kalinin is expected to sail shortly. She, like her husband, is a simple peasant. A woman of about 35 years of age, she is the mother of three children and the foster mother of two famine orphans...
...earnest wish to abolish gambling at Monte Carlo. We have the most beautiful harbor in the world and I would like to see people sail out of it without heavy hearts occasioned by losses." Since coming to the throne on the death of my father, I have uncovered an incredible condition of affairs at the Casino. I cannot describe it now, but I solemnly promise my people that they will soon be relieved of the dreadful situation of living on other people's misfortunes. Monte Carlo came near breaking my heart." These are the words of Prince Louis, present...
...quarter, half, and mile runs, the track events will be the high and low hurdles and a distance run, which will probably be three miles instead of two miles as was previously planned. The American squad, which will be composed of two men for each event will sail on June 30, thus leaving about two weeks for practice in England. The men to make the trip will be chosen largely as a result of the Yale meet on June 16, but a special trial will be held for the Freshmen, who are eligible to compete for this trip...
Membership in the Students' Tours is open to persons associated with institutions of higher learning in the United States, either as students or as instructors and to teachers in secondary schools. Members of the Students' Tours will sail from New York on June 30, 1923 on the S. S. Saxonia of the Cunard Line and will return on the same ship on August 24, due in New York on September 4. The Art Students' Tour offers an opportunity to visit the great galleries, churches, and palaces of Europe under the guidance of authoritative lecturers on art history and appreciation...