Word: district
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...semaphoring signaling contest was won by two Chinese boys, members of a troop of Chinese scouts in the first district, who repeated their victory of last year in this event. Some of the other demonstrations and competitions in the field day events included building a fire and boiling water, pyramid building for signaling purposes, making camps, and a bugle and drum corps review. The exercises closed with the lowering of the colors, "The Star Spangled Banner," and "retreat," sounded on the bugle...
...Government placed the monitor Amphitrite at our disposal for a cruise during the Easter holidays. At the end of these holidays New Haven was made one of the naval bases of the Third Naval District, and Lieutenant Murphy was placed in charge. The university, with the consent of the rowing committee, handed over to the Government the University Boathouse to be used as a training school. This made a division in our ranks. The enlisted men, some 30 odd, went down to the boathouse and gave up their college work. About 150 others who wanted to finish their college course...
...hoped that the district in which the University is will subscribe at least three million dollars of this government bond issue. It is not only large amounts from a few individuals which the government wishes, but that the issue may be spread among the entire nation, and thus add strength to the issue itself and the general financial situation. The greatest record which the United States has made in this respect--that of extending the sale to a large number of citizens--was at the time of the Civil War was the ratio...
With this in view the Federal Government has issued these bonds in $50 denominations. The above committee hopes to persuade the sale of many such securities among University students to aid this district in overscribing the amount which conservative estimates have held would be taken...
...work he spent three months at the volcano taking photographs and maps. All the modelling was done from photographs, of which many were taken from kites. J. F. Haworth, of Pittsburgh, was responsible for the kite photography. Mr. Curtis was also the artist of the model of the Metropolitan District of Boston, which is on exhibit in the Museum. This latter won the first prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and is surpassed now only by the model of Kilauea...