Word: drives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concluded, "the old place has certainly changed. When I first started work at Harvard the Elm trees were so thick in the yard you couldn't make the grass grow, and the students used to take their girls walking in there. Now, I hear, they take an automobile and drive out to Revere Beach...
...discussing the United States Line itinerary. Mr. Holmes said, "At Genoa, the main thing is the situation of the city itself. The drive on the upper road above the city looking down is the most notable feature of the place. The general impression is the thing here. Don't be lured to the palaces and churches, as I once was. They may be important to the Genoese, but don't waste any time on them...
...Pensacola, Fla., a traffic officer reported that he had been obliged to drive his motorcycle at 72 miles an hour in order to overtake a speeding auto and issue a summons. The halted motorist was Charles W. Bryan, ex-Governor of Nebraska, ex-candidate for Vice President, touring south to visit his brother, William J., ex-Secretary of State...
...succeed in war. If it is possible to create a science of war, it may not be impossible to create a science of peace." At this a lady who has done much for Johns Hopkins clapped her hands together. She was Mrs. Aida de Acosta Root, who started the drive for the Johns Hopkins Eye Hospital (TIME, Feb. 23, MEDICINE). That evening Dr. Goodnow, Dr. Young, dined in state at the Maryland Club with many other notables...
Another striking figure was that of an Ethiopian "scout", Dr. Charles, who held forth in the eighteen-twenties. He was the precursor of two modern institutions, the Phillips Brooks Old Clothes Drive and Max Keezer. Through his diligence as a collector and his extraordinary thrift, he became the source of supply for students and even professors in need of "small loans". It is said "he was always ready to place his funds at the disposal of the College...