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...Polar areas this Summer, the German pilot is prepared to make an immediate dash to the Pole, not by way of Alaska- where mooring masts and other equipment have to be carefully prepared- but in a five-day non-stop flight of 6,000 miles from Lakehurst straight to the Pole and back. And this at 24 hours' notice. But it would be possible only with the lighter hydrogen gas. "With hydrogen, we could make the trip to the Pole and back easily and safely. With helium it is necessary to have mooring masts, where the ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Helium vs. Hydrogen | 3/10/1924 | See Source »

...Baker 1G., of Cambridge, became University squash champion by defeating J. D. DuBois '24, of New York, in three straight games. H. N. Rawlins '27 of New York by defeating R. B. Merriman Jr. '27 of Cambridge won the Freshman squash finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WEEK AT HARVARD | 3/8/1924 | See Source »

...Rawlins '27 became Freshman squash, champion yesterday by defeating R. B. Merriman, Jr. '27 in three straight, games, 15-8, 17-15, 15-7. This was a fitting climax to Rawlins' brilliant season, in which he won all but a single match in team play and the Class B state title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAWLINS TROUNCES MERRIMAN AND SECURES FRESHMAN TITLE | 3/7/1924 | See Source »

...second threatened more than once to go to Merriman, who seemed to have regained confidence. Rawlins, however, tightened up when the score stood 11-14 against him, and finally pulled it out at 17-15. In the third game he started with a run of 7 straight points, scoring continually on skillfully executed deep shots. So accurate did his strokes become that he allowed his opponent but 7 points the whole game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAWLINS TROUNCES MERRIMAN AND SECURES FRESHMAN TITLE | 3/7/1924 | See Source »

...strongest Crimson wrestling teams in the last ten years will face Yale at Hemenway Gymnasium at 7.30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Seven straight defeats against the University is the record piled up by the Eli regulars, while the Blue Freshman beams have almost as remarkable a seore: This year, for the first time in many seasons, Harvard is given an even chance to win both meets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVEN LEAN YEARS WHET APPETITE OF WRESTLERS | 3/7/1924 | See Source »

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