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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kanchenjunga. For their peak, one of the giant pickets in the fence which separates India from Tibet, the party claims an altitude of 28,150 ft. They rank it next to Everest, world's undisputed highest. In this they differ with the Royal Geographical Society, which ranks K2 (Godwin-Austen)' second with its 28,250 ft., Kanchenjunga third. To negotiate this frigid, wind-beaten giant they will establish six camps spaced along the peak's last 10,000 ft. Husky Sherpas porters will strap 68 Ib. packs on their broad shoulders, grease their faces to ward off the erosive wind...
...heard of the incident. It took the form of a forthright but courteous open letter to Dr. Ainslie. Excerpts: "I cherish such high admiration for you personally and for your noble efforts to promote the spirit of religious unity that it grieves me to be compelled to differ from you. . . . In my judgment, you have insulted your country, insulted the churches of the U. S. and insulted en masse the chaplains of the Army and Navy. . . . [The U. S. and the churches] did not want the War, did not start the War, were powerless to prevent the War, but once...
...meantime, being a misogynist and rather shy, he remains absorbed in his rhododendrons, which are sprouting undaunted beneath the new skyscrapers. As to said rhododendrons: in order to be sure that their colors will not differ in the slightest degree from that of the interior of the new Houses, he has carefully prepared a suitable quantity of the Right Sort of paint for their emergent petals. This goes to show that, after all is said and done, the little fellow is indeed a staunch friend of the Corporation...
...canvas of the faculty on a small scale indicated that the CRIMSON's move to make collegiate opinion on the liquor question a known quantity is looked on with approval, but that opinions differ as to the inferences to be drawn from the recently concluded poll...
...newer studies of lobar pneumonia have demonstrated something of the chemical constitution of the bacterium known as the pneumococcus which causes the disease. The organism consists of a proteim center and a capsule or outer coat that contains a carbohydrate. Although the pneumococci are otherwise very similar they differ in the exact composition in their capsules. It is possible to differentiate promptly 22 fairly common varieties that may cause the disease, lobar pneumonia...