Word: gales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last session of the [state] legislature," he did not persuade his colleagues to make the resolution retroactive to the medical research money, $5,000 of which had been spent or allocated, nor to $218,000 in the past accepted from the Carnegie Fund for teachers' pensions. Zona Gale, authoress-trustee (in effect) : "A question of fundamental democracy is involved. The University should not accept such gifts no matter how far backwards...
Almost at once, a solid cushion of fog robbed them of all observation of drift and ground speed. A powerful gale sprang from the northeast, forced them west, cost them heavily in priceless gasoline. Two hours later, they outran the fog, came out above a solid white of the polar ice, ridged, hummocked, corrugated like a sheet of twisted steel...
Third University Crew--Stroke, Gale; 7, Bancroft; 6, Weymer; 5, Theopold; 4, Huntington; 3, Tilt; 2, Watts; bow, Farnum; cox., Thorndike...
Regent Zona Gale was instructed to ask the Madison, Wis., telephone operator to connect her with Editor Frank in Manhattan without further delay. A deputation of the Regents was appointed to pack suitcases, entrain and wait on Editor Frank in person...
Regent Zona Gale at the telephone...