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Already the government has given sixty dollars to every ex-soldier, sailor, and marine; to finance any of the other proposed schemes would require at least a billion dollars more. Federal taxes are staggeringly heavy now, and to try to float a new loan would be extremely inexpedient...
...Annapolis the University mermen will be required to swim under unusual conditions, since the pool there is but 60 feet long. Accordingly the usual 50-yard dash will be replaced by a 40-yard race, and plungers able to float over 60 feet will be judged according to their time in covering this distance...
Shortly afterwards the Sophomore boat sank, leaving the Senior crew the only one afloat. Luckily the steam launch was close by the Sophomores as they went went down and picked up all the men. Both boats were towed in to the B. A. A. float and left there for the night...
...influenza while he talks to you is dangerous, and that danger is markedly increased if during the conversation he sneezes or coughs. Sneezing and coughing, and only to a lesser degree talking, convey from the mouth of the infected person minute particles of moisture laden with disease germs which float about in the air and presently you breathe. It may, therefore, readily be appreciated why during an epidemic, it is wise to avoid crowded places like street cars, churches, theatres and movies...
Knox and Adams in the Yale boat toppled over exhausted, but were soon revived. J. F. Linder '19 of the University crew succumbed to the heat, but was aided from his seat upon reaching the float. Though the calm water was ideal for rowing, the intense humidity and lack of breeze caused the oarsmen great suffering...