Word: circus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...everlasting fame of being leader in new fields of danger rests with the pioneer. Such a pioneer was Norman Prince whose courage and daring have doubly assured him a place among the heroes of this great struggle. When aviation was considered in this country as merely a sport for circus acrobats, Norman Prince foresaw the ultimate possibilities of the game, and made it his profession. At the outbreak of the European. War his pioneer spirit of bravery and sacrifice led him to organize a little band of nine aviators. As the leader of these first volunteers he made an enviable...
...features of the rally of the Greater Boston Council of Boy Scouts to be held in the Stadium Saturday will be a country circus, to be presented by picked troops who have shown unusual originality in providing entertainment of a ludicrous nature. There will be an exhibition parade, the boys to be dressed as clowns, and there will be numerous cages containing stuffed animals performing tricks that circus animals have never been trained...
...circus is but one of a dozen or more examples of original work that the boys will demonstrate for the first time before a large audience. The trek cart contests will illustrate the great value of this invention in boy scout equipment. Five troops will take part in it, each troop to enter a cart and a team of ten scouts, eight on the rope and two to steer. The teams will start on a given line and run seventy yards. The carts will then be converted into tables and benches, and after a few more details they will...
...plot of "The White Elephant" deals with the efforts of three circus men from the United States to capture the sacred elephant of Siam. An American missionary, his wife and a frenzied "soul-mate" introduce complications into the plot. The whole idea is based on the old Siamese custom of setting aside an annual day on which women may select their own husbands...
...Phaya Takh Sin, King of Siam, G. MacC. Stewart '16 Zola, his favorite wife, R. Whistler '16 Rev. Dr. Spivvins, an American missionary, L. P. Mansfield '16 Mrs. Spivvins, his wedded wife, F. H. Cabot '17 Jane Spivvins, his daughter, C. H. Hodges '17 Pansy, his "soul-mate," Three circus men,-- E. Douglas '17 Furst, G. Courtney '16 Kurst, G. B. Blaine '17 Wurst, P. B. Kurtz '16 Herald, H. G. Reynolds '17 Officer to the King, C. A. Coolidge, Jr., '17 One Yen Sen, entertainer to the King, O. G. Kirkpatrick...