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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...CRIMSON takes great pleasure in announcing the election of Thomas Harrington McKittrick, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., of Abbot Stevens, of North Andover, and of Alexander Wheeler, of Boston, of the Junior class, as assistant managing editors; and of Frederick Dane Huntington, of Leicester, as secretary, during the first half-year...
Rindge kicked off and the ball was returned to them on their 30-yard line. Hadley made twenty-five yards through a broken field, but a poorly executed forward pass gave the Freshmen the ball. Time was called on their first play...
...speaker then gave a short history of aeronautics. The first ascension was made in 1783 from Versailles, France, in a hot-air balloon. Animals only were sent up, but when it was found to be safe men attempted an ascension. In the same year hydrogen was used as a lifting power. The next year a balloon was first used for scientific purposes, and about the same time one crossed the English channel from England to France. From then on, numberless ascents have been made, and great heights reached...
...dirigible balloon--one answering the helm--was an idea from the very first, yet all attempts to steer a balloon were practically unsuccessful until 1884. Since then many types have been invented, all having the general shape of a fish, the most notable of which is that invented by Zeppelin. They have been brought to a great degree of perfection but have the one great fault that they are practically useless in a high wind...
...University team scored two touchdowns during the practice. The first was made by Logan on a blocked kick by Lilley; the second by Lilley on an onside kick...