Word: coasts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...MacMillan has for over 10 years been taking Arctic travels. In 1908-09 he was Commander Peary's assistant on his successful trip to the North Pole. During the following three years he cruised along the Labrador coast especially for an ethnological study of the Eskimos and Indians living there. He was in command of the Crocker Land expedition to the Polar Regions which took place from 1913-17. In all his travels he has covered 10,000 miles with dog team in company with Polar Eskimos. Mr. MacMillan will also be in command of the Bowdoin-Baffin Land Expedition...
...Tournament of Roses" truly justifies its name. For in California, while New England lies frozen and bound by Jack Frost's fetters, roses bloom and orange blossoms scent the air. Thousands of tourists go there, seeking the warmth and sunshine of the Pacific Coast...
...large increase in the subscriptions received from the western part of the country is expected after the football trip to Pasadena. Up to recently less than 9 per cent, of the 1500 graduates living on the Pacific Coast had subscribed to the Fund. It is hoped that several hundred thousand dollars will be subscribed, due to the presence of the football team in California...
This plan to send the team to the Pacific Coast was brought to the attention of the Athletic Committee a few days ago by a telegram from W. C. Whitmer '12, Secretary of the Harvard Club of Southern California. Mr. Whitmer told of the strong feeling in the west in favor of having the University football team play one of the best coast teams at the annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses on New Year's day. He urged the value of the game in the favorable impression it would make on the alumni of the coast, and cited the cases...
...There is no doubt that the appearance of the teams in Pasadena would help in a large measure to quicken the Endowment Fund campaign on the Pacific Coast," said Major Moore, "and for this reason, if for no other, the invitation probably will be accepted. Several Faculty members of the Athletic Committee have intimated that they would favor its acceptance...