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...back in 72 hours. But terrible dangers would be involved The dirigible would be deprived of all weather reports, and might meet wild and unexpected gales in the barren North. The terrible cold of Arctic regions, enhanced by altitude, would tax the endurance of the crew to the utmost, and extreme precautions would be necessary to prevent freezing of radiators and engines. A forced landing in the frozen wilds would mean certain death. Success would have little value. Fleeting observations of magnetic action, a rough sketch map of hastily observed and barren, ice-covered areas would be the sum total...
Perfect weather conditions permitted a crowd of 77,000 to enjoy the fray to the utmost. Every seat in the Bowl was occupied when the game got under way. The Cadets, 1200 in number, gave their customary drill exhibition on the field shortly before the contest began. During the intermission between the halves an Army bugler sounded "taps" in memory of Percy Haughton while three Yale cheer leaders and three West Pointers stood at attention with flags lowered and the spectators looked on with heads bared...
...suggest that the Stadium be called hereafter the "Haughton Stadium". Certainly no one individual has contributed so much to make it the scene of Harvard football might and skill as Haughton. By using to the utmost his great power of persuasion he firmly implanted in the minds of his pupils the theme that the Stadium was no ordinary football field but Harvard ground. The results he achieved make glorious Harvard history...
...Utmost precautions will be used by the Cambridge, Boston, and Metropolitan Police, in handling the large crowds of people and automobiles which will throng towards Soldiers Field this afternoon...
...suicide of a race", as President Eliot termed this, "is a formidable thing, and there is no reason why we should not do our utmost to change it. One of the chief points where contention is needed is the idea held by some of the modern young women, that marriage is not the most important thing in life. If failure in marriage is the most unhappy thing in life, then surely a successful marriage is the happiest and most important. I hope you all realize that no career offers the happiness, the hopefulness, and the contentedness, which being the mother...