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After conditioning themselves by ascending 8100 foot Mt. Abbot which was shrouded in frequent storms, the expedition divided and tackled Eagle Peak, a 9360 foot pinnacle, from either side. Although both parties were driven back by storms when within sight of the summit, valuable experience in climbing was gained which was helpful in later ascents...
...cemetery--the Sphinx. The sculptor succeeded admirably in getting rid of the disturbing mystery that distinguishes its Egyptian counterpart. There are no foreign elements, such as beauty, in this Sphinx. From his vantage point on Chapel Hill, the visitor may catch sight of a giant chess castle. From its summit one gets a clearer view of the slaughter house...
Died. Mrs. Hranoush Aglaganian Sidky Bey ("Madame Bey"), sixtyish, beetle-browed, square-rigged operator of the famed Bey's Training Camp for prize fighters near Summit, N.J.; of a heart attack; in Morristown, N.J. Widow of a onetime Turkish Consul General in New York, she had fed and mothered fighters on her farm for nearly 20 years. Among her "boys" were Tunney, Camera, Berlenbach, Schmeling, Battling Siki. She never bet on a fight...
Members making these trips can look forward to real winter conditions for temperatures on Mount Washington drop under 40 degrees below zero, and a wind velocity of 212 miles per hour was once recorded on the summit...
Starting from this base at 4200 feet, Howle Oedel '43 led the climbers on the holiday morning through thick clouds and a gale of wind to the second highest peak in the Presidential Range. On the summit there was already six to eight inches of snow. Only in the afternoon as the hikers started down, did the sun break through and the clouds lift to give a view of the range and a bit of saving warmth to the tired trippers...