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Feature accidents, the break-down of the Sampaio Correia I on its way to Florida, and the disasters frequently occurring in "stunt" flying, have almost completely obscured the permanent progress steadily going on in the control of the air. The report of the United States Air Mail Service last June showed a record of over ninety per cent scheduled trips finished, with a lower accident average than any other branch of transportation. Only a day or so ago the story came of a plane carrying a doctor two hundred and fifty miles to an island in Lake Michigan to save...
...present task, therefore," declared Professor Warner in conclusion, 'is to show the public that the airplane is a safe and practical means of transportation. It is not a machine for a circus stunt--it's just a sane means of travel. It is up to the United States if they want more efficient and quicker transportation to get behind commercial aeronautics and its development...
...which he finds at a common level on all the pyramids, that the Nile valley was for thousands of years under the sea. At this name time, he places the vanishing of the "lost kingdom of Atlantic". Years later Cheopa had the pyramids finished with smooth stone,--a publicity stunt still good after four thousand years. But nevertheless he was really only an interloper. Are not the "three stories" of Noah's Ark duplicated in three chambers of different levels in the pyramid? The entrance to the highest chamber, that of Japhet, according to Dr. Getsinger, points conveniently...
...members of the University delegation, 34 in number, took part in "stunt night" at the Silver Bay Conference yesterday evening. Following the singing of football songs by the entire delegation, a duet composed of W. C. Bennett '23 and R. P. Bullard '24 rendered several selections, including "The Drunken Sisters" and "When Shall We Eat Again?" two Hasty Pudding compositions. M. P. Lichauee '23 also took part in the program with a monologue...
...five children under the age of twelve arrived at the college on the afternoon of January 5, the Greek Orthodox Christmas day. The college fellows were splendid hosts to the youngsters. Games were played; then the "kiddies" enjoyed three reels of a "movie" comedy. Then each orphanage performed a stunt for the benefit of the rest. Several groups sang songs. One of the little Russian boys in the uniform of a Junior Boy Scout recited very impressively a poem which was an expression of gratitude to the foreigners who had adopted and befriended the refugee peoples of Russia. About...