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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then, when obviously the ship was in grave peril, Captain Carey should have sent out his SOS. He delayed this too long. The lifeboats were in good condition, but were lowered with difficulty on account of the extreme list of the vessel. "No systematic effort was made to get the passengers into these boats...
...being considered to explain the phenomena which may be due to a combination of causes. Theoretically a small tide must take place in the earth's crust as the moon revolves about the earth. But from other considerations it is not thought that this can be sufficiently large to account for the observed effect. Professor Stetson is now considering the possible effect of a tidal wave in the earth's atmosphere caused by the moon which may alter the apparent direction of the ray of light from a star and produce the effect noted. The most direct interpretation is that...
John Lathrop Gray, Jr. '27 of Greenwich, Connecticut, has just been elected in the board of the Law Review. He replaces on the board Edward Coughlin Gibbons of New York City who was compelled to resign on account of illness...
...this group, Captain Tudor and Giddens were regular members of the University first string sextet last year, while Holbrook and the two Bigelows were first string reserves and saw action in every important game, except a few in which Holbrook was prevented from participating on account of injuries...
...Andes; they may be related to the formations of the East Indies, Australia and New Zealand. Those Antarctica mountains and the tremendous ice cap help make the South Pole regions the heaviest part of the Earth. In comparison, the North Pole is light. Melting of South Polar ice may account for the axial wobbling that the Earth goes through during its revolution. Commander Byrd will try to find out. He will also study the minute plant and vegetable life that lives in the local ice; and, very importantly, the Antarctic weather. Tremendous winds blow there, influencing the weather...