Word: curtiss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...letter printed in this column, however, the undergraduates, Curtiss and Hart, now refuse to abide by the decision of the referee they themselves suggested to arbitrate the case. Their charge that the President of the Student Council nominated delegates whose opinion was either prejudiced or else influenced by the President's own personal feelings is proven unfounded in view of the fact that those delegates were ratified by the Student Council as a whole, and that, in addition, several of those originally proposed by the President were replaced by other delegates...
...deeply regretted that Hart and Curtiss have seen fit to add to their atack on Professor Cannon this tirade against their chosen arbitrator. Student sentiments are far more inclined to trust the judgment of a body which represents the thought of the College in preference to the fantastic mudslinging of two irreconcilable. The Council, and this in accord with the great majority of the College, has spoken only after a minute examination of the problem. The matter, therefore, is closed. Let it fall to the unknelled tomb it so rightfully deserves...
...committee's report adopted by the Council at its meeting last night, was read after the adjournment of the meeting by the chairman, Wiley E. Mayne '38, to Sidney Q. Curtiss '40 and Merwin K. Hart, Jr. '40, who preferred the charges, Less than ten minutes later they presented the CRIMSON with a tyned communication. This statement declared that "the members of the committee (the Student Council Committee) were appointed by a man who was a member of the very organization that raised the money for the ambulance . . . At any rate, he nominated a committee to investigate his own activities...
...rasping Nanking sirens screeched the air raid warning. Japan's bombers had of course taken off from Shanghai, and 13 young Chinese airmen, each piloting a U. S.-built Curtiss-Hawk, whirred up and away into the northwest to meet the invaders. Just as the Chinese disappeared, the first Japanese air squadron came over from the opposite direction, the southeast, flying two miles up, a faintly buzzing swarm of about 40 grey ships in a dazzling blue sky. Faster than anyone could think three things happened. The Japanese power-dived upon Nanking, Chinese anti-aircraft guns on the hills...
...Flemington, Sheriff John H. Curtiss packed newsmen into the stuffy courtroom like cordwood, accepting "donations" of $5 and $10 for seats...