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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first he uses only a "penguin," a 25-horsepower Bleriot monoplane, which is so termed because its wings are clipped so that it cannot leave the ground. The tendency of the machine is to travel in circles and thereby the novice is educated in steering an aeroplane, and in driving it with the tail horizontal. Handling the engine properly is also taught. The next step is to another "penguin," this time of 35 horsepower. Not until near perfection is reached is the third step, to a 35 horsepower Bleriot monoplane, permitted. This machine is flown about a quarter mile...
...sentences of Athens and Rome. Never was there a time when young men needed so sorely a training in that mental concentration and in those orderly ways of thought which are bred by the reading of highly inflected languages. But it is paradoxical to champion the Classics on the ground of their practical advantages. Their chief value cannot be measured by materialistic standards. Since they form the corner stone of the humanities, they fulfill their highest function in affording their, devotes the noble opportunity of repudiating the utilitarian theory of education
When the plan was proposed to the authorities, everything was halted: one dissenting vote was cast. It was claimed that since the pool was to be below the surface of the ground and could not be reached by sunlight, it would be unsanitary. The facts, however, have been stated by Professor George Whipple and Mr. Melville C. Whipple, who have made a scientific study of swimming pools, and improved the Boston and Cambridge, Y. M. C. A. pools recently by their direction. They prove the contrary...
...Halls is divided into two plots. Seven trees will be placed in the plot in front of Standish Hall and six in front of Smith. These thirteen new trees will be elms, about fifteen feet high, and will be planted as soon as the frost thaws out of the ground. The work is being directed under the supervision of R. T. Fisher, head of the Forestry Department...
...present the law prevents school and college regiments from drilling with real guns unless such military drill counts toward a degree or diploma. President Lowell was opposed to permitting the drill to count toward a degree on the ground that patriotism was not an intellectual pursuit...