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...operated by the U.M.W.'s welfare and retirement fund. As Lewis dedicated the chain to "those who suffered and died before us," patients and doctors watched intently from the northernmost hospital of the $26 million network, a five-story, glass-walled building so bright and strange to the Appalachian valley that miners call it "Beckley's Airport...
...bring this about will result in any immediate advantage to us, yet it would, we think, be an act of kindness not only to those who are to take our places, but to the University, to do our part to help along the plan of the Appalachian Club. A strong expression of feeling from the University might aid materially in preserving the Charles from being made a hideous spectacle of factories, wharfs, and tenement houses; as well as save them from the ravages of ruthless speculators. All we are asked to do is to sign the petitions which have been...
...because 1) the company was too broke to have costumes onade or scenery painted and had to go on with the girls wearing rehearsal tights and street sweaters and the men in dungarees; and 2) dance Americana had been done to death by Agnes de Mille (Rodeo), Martha Graham (Appalachian Spring), Eugene Loring (Billy the Kid), etc. Nevertheless, the new ballet survived handsomely. While Kay's orchestration produced some remarkable grunts and twangs, Balanchine's dancers were on their toes most of the time, doing high kicks and hoedowns evoking rather than describing romance and square dance...
Longenecker was not an inexperienced climber. Further, it is reasonable to believe that Parysko ran by three emergency telephones because he knew that they connected only with the Appalachian Mountain Club camp at the base of the mountain, staffed during normal ski hours. He passed the telephones at night. We cannot say if he knew, or discovered, that the Teuckerman Ravine Shelter was unoccupied. Certainly he passed the two first aid caches simply because it was not aid for himself he sought, but help for his snow-buried companion...
...Harvard Mountaineering Club wishes to make an urgent appeal to all those who to climb or ski on Mount Washington (or any other out of the way area) to consult with us or any qualified organisation such as the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol, or best of all, with Joe dodge at Pinkham Notch for advice as to where safe skiing and climbing conditions are to be found. (The HMC is located in Winthrop F-33; telephone...