Word: camped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...preparation for observation of the total solar eclipse which is scheduled to take place on August 31, the Harvard Observatory will establish a camp in southeastern Maine, between Fryeburg and the ocean, in the early days of August...
Registration for Engineering Sciences 4 or Engineering 300 both of which are given at the University's camp at Squad Lake, New Hampshire, starting Saturday, June 25, will open tomorrow in Room 111, Peirce Hall at 1 o'clock. These courses count for one course credit toward either the A.B. or S.B. degree in the College. They are open to all students with sufficient knowledge for solution of the triangle and who are able to use logarithms. The camp which at one time accomodated 200 students ends on Friday, August 19, and the work includes Plane Surveying and Earthwork...
Delays, however, ate into the ship's food & fuel, forced her to dock at Camp Kearney. Before the Akron cruised leisurely on up to Sunnyvale, Calif., 24 of the crew were sent ahead by plane. In maneuvering at Camp Kearney 33% of the helium had been valved. At Sunnyvale the Akron was forced by atmospheric conditions to meander over San Francisco Bay all day before docking...
Died. Robert Dollar, 88, shipping tycoon, "Captain" through courtesy; in his San Rafael, Calif, home; of heart trouble aggravated by intestinal infection and cold. Scotland-born, he began his career as a cook's boy in a Canadian lumber camp, later became the owner of great timber stands in California. Not until 1901, when he was 57, did he turn to the sea. His first ship was the steam schooner Newsboy, a freighter to carry his timber. Shipping fascinated him and he increased his investment, going many times to the Orient to "drum up trade" with Chinese merchants...
...Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, onetime wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt, in Paris, following a para lytic stroke; Soprano Rosa Ponselle, in New Haven, Conn., following removal of fibroid tumor; King Camp Gillette, 77, razor tycoon, in Los Angeles...