Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lieutenant Commander Byrd, looking weather-beaten, stood before a cheering assemblage of ambassadors and ministers of many nations, Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, congressmen, scientists and high officers of the Army and Navy. He received the welcome and congratulations of President Coolidge, who also presented him with a gold medal from the National Geographic Society...
...Virginians in the audience shuddered when the President mispronounced Commander Byrd's middle name "Evelyn," as "Evalyn" instead of the traditional "Evelyn" demanded in the recipient's home state...
They dined in jubilant cohorts, went to the theatre, to the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, to a banquet in Manhattan where they presented a testimonial scroll to North Pole Flyers Byrd and Bennet, saw French Legion of Honor crosses (Chevalier) pinned on the chests of their President, King Woodbridge, and their past President, Lou E. Holland. They changed their name from "Associated Advertising Clubs of the World" to "International Advertising Association," re-elected King Woodbridge president, elected Francis H. Sisson (vice-president of the Guaranty Trust Co.) treasurer, Rowe Stewart (business manager of the Philadelphia Record) secretary. They raised the dues...
...parents of Joe de Ganahl '25, who was with the Byrd expedition to the North Pole this spring, have just received a cablegram from Commander Byrd congratulating them on the put which Ganahl played in the successful attempt to fly over the Pole. The cablegram, which was sent declining the offer of Mr. and Mrs. Ganahl to Commander Byrd to land at their decks on the return to England, stated--"Your son was splendid throughout the expedition, Congratulations...
Ganahl was prominent in undergraduate affairs while at the University. He was an assistant managing editor of the CRIMSON and member of the Senior Album Committee last year. Following his graduation he spent a short time in post graduate work at Yale before joining the Byrd expedition. Commander Byrd has often spoken at the Harvard Union, prophesying the eventual success of attempts to fly across the North Pole...