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...years chief engineer of Thomas Alva Edison, suggested that all steamships carry kites for rescue work in seas too heavy for lifeboats and Lyle (rope-shooting) guns. The kite could be flown over the distressed ship, line, rope and finally a heavy cable being attached to its string. The cable would drag in the water, be towed to its destination. Then the breeches buoy could be used...
...Crimson racquet men had little difficulty in dropping Baltimore and Chicago on the opening day of the tournament but lost one game to both Boston and Philadelphia on the following days. Bray of the Newton Center squad, playing for Boston, was the first to break the string of Crimson victories with a win over L.S. Haskins '26 last Sunday. In the final match Keele of Philadelphia inflicted the second loss against T.E. Jansen '26, in a tight struggle. S.P. Clark '14, who downed Captain G.D. Debevoise '26, in the semi-finals last year for the only University loss...
...Music Building will be the scene of my academic adventure this morning. Professor Spalding is enlisting for his course in the appreciation of music the services of the Durrell Quartet of Boston, four very excellent musicians, who will play string quartets of Mozart and Beethoven...
...Wouldn't you think he'd have guessed, after I'd been out of Ivory for three days?" asked Sally, smiling. "Besides, four cakes of Ivory over here cost nearly as much as a string of pearls, and we've just got to economize...
...Crimson's chief advantage lies in their strong reserve material, the second string forwards of Harvard being only slightly less potent than Coach Bigelow's starters. There is little to chose between the Team A forwards, Chase, Gross, and Hamlen, and their relief's, Scott, Harding, and Zarakov...