Word: gunn
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...Explosion? Standard theory for the origin of the sun's cohort of planets is that the material which formed them was pulled from the sun by the tidal action of a passing star. Dr. Ross Gunn of the Naval Research Laboratory has worked out the dynamics of a new theory which he last week presented. He believes that the sun, like hundreds of "novae" (exploding stars) which astronomers have studied, lost its balance, figuratively speaking, some two or three billion years ago and blew up, hurling out planetary material before subsiding to its smaller and comparatively placid state...
...Ralph Gunn Sucher (pronounced "Soo-shay") of Peoria, Ill., now of Washington and Manhattan, was once secretary to the late great Senator "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, married his daughter Mary (since divorced). After long experience as a Washington news hawk, he turned lawyer, is now counsel to the New York Power Authority...
There are three Life Camps: for girls at Branchville, Conn., directed by Miss Lois Goodrich; for boys (8 to 16) at Pottersville, N. J., under William L. Gunn; and a new pioneer camp for older boys (13 to 16) at Matamoras, Pa., under Martin J. Feely. The camps stay open until Sept. 1. Youngsters spend at least a fortnight in camp and many of them stay a month. The Branchville camp runs an extra ten days for a group of older girls (16 to 20) known as the Life Lifers' Club...
...small but sternly independent preparatory school is Gunnery, which has perched in the Berkshires near Washington, Conn. since 1850. Founded by an abolitionist named Frederick William Gunn, Gunnery still warns parents that "luxury, waste, and soft living are contrary to the spirit of the school," although such rich boys as Robert Lessing Rosenwald of Abingdon, Pa. now go there. In its long career Gunnery has had only three headmasters. Last week it was handed over by retiring William Hamilton Gibson to a fourth educator who can well preserve its austere tradition: Rev. Tertius van Dyke, Headmaster Gibson's brother...
Dick Dorson, not up to par, lost to the University Clubman Hoehn, 3-0. Alvah Sulloway dipped his flag to Withington, 3-1. Johnny Develin, winning again with his powerful drives, overcame Gunn, 3-1. Dan Burbank, playing well, edged Sullivan 3-2. George B. Blake lost to Monier in another close fought match...