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...must be explained that roque is the scientific descendant of croquet. Croquet to a roque player is like a Jew's harp to a flute player. Roque champions have refined the game down to the point that the arches are only a sixteenth of an inch wider than the balls. Yet their skill has increased to a point beyond which they cannot narrow the arches...
...Canal has made good. . . . The Canal itself and its equipment were designed to handle a much larger volume of business than is now in sight, and it will be many years before its capacity in any direction will be overtaxed. In the meantime increases of traffic, by permitting a wider distribution of overhead expenses, result in greater economy of operation. . . . Americans who feel an intelligent interest in this outpost of our civilization may rest assured that all is well at Panama." Governor Morrow's brother, Dwight W. Morrow, partner of J. P. Morgan, arrived in Panama a fortnight...
...contest with the Yale Freshmen was postponed on account of rain, but on May 8, the Green demonstrated in decisive fashion its possibilities, easily overcoming Colby Academy by the score of 7 to 0. It next defeated Kimball Union Academy 6 to 4, and St. Anselm's by the wider margin of 11 to 0. HARVARD 1926 DARTMOUTH 1926 McGlone, s.s. s.s., Hudgins Knowlton, 2b. 1b., Marshall Slayton, 3b. 3b., Dooley Todd, c.f. c.f., Stanley Field, 1b. r.f., McDonald Burton, l.f. l.f., Truesdale Allen, r.f. 2b., Sterling Maher, c. c., Howland Puffer, Moseley, p. p., Bartels
...issue new stamps when the ruling monarch dies. But now the custom is becoming prevalent of using landscape designs, and Europe is on a par with America. If the present exhibit is successful, a new international rivalry may be created. But the stamp shield is likely to produce still wider effects. Certain artistic collectors already use postage stamps for wall paper: and the chance for the working out of large fancy designs seems unlimited. Stamp collectors even copy the example of a German couple, who used currency to make suits of clothes save that the perforations between the stamps might...
...shipdeck gives full tactical value to the naval airplane, and Navy men are greatly impressed with the success of these maneuvers. Two new aircraft carriers, converted from the hulls of battle cruisers doomed by the Washington Naval conference, are to be put into commission. These will be longer, wider and steadier than the Langley...