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...trip north Captain MacMillan took with him a tablet given by the National Geographic Society to commemorate the death of several scientists far north in Greenland on Cape Sabine in 1887. This he left, with instructions to the Esquimaux never to touch...
...Esquimaux have no books, no schools, no churches, but in their way they are as highly educated as we are", declared Captain Donald B. MacMillan last night during the course of a speech in the Union on his recent trip to northern-most Greenland...
Four events of importance are on the list of activities at the Union this week. Tomorrow evening the world famous explorer, MacMillan, will lecture on his expedition to northern Greenland. On Wednesday evening will be held the first song night under the direction of Dr. Davison. William Jennings Bryan will speak at a luncheon given in his honor in the Living Room on Friday noon. Finally, a tea dance will be given Saturday afternoon after the Princeton baseball game...
Captain Donald B. Macmillan G. '13 will lecture next Tuesday, May 12, at the Union on the subject of the expedition conducted to northern Greenland...
...Other evidence of the existence of a large body of land west of Axel Heiberg Land has been "found" in studies of ice formations that seemed to have passed over shoals; in tidal variations observed in Greenland and Alaska; in the mystery surrounding the nesting habitat of certain migratory birds. Should a new continent be discovered, its chief importance might be. 1) for the establishment of air-routes between Europe and Eastern Asia via the Pole; 2) for the land body's influence on North American weather conditions...