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Last spring the fight for and against more big dirigibles reached a showdown. Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, coolly declared that airships had no demonstrable military value, flying qualities aside. Congressman Harter pleaded for re-employment at Goodyear-Zeppelin factory in Akron, Mr. Dingell for Detroit's metal-clads, Mr. Sutphin for adequate training at Lakehurst. Congress casually passed the buck to Mr. Roosevelt: if he wished, he could spend up to $3,000,000 for a ship about half the size...
Biggest is Goodyear, whose President Paul W. Litchfield plugged for dirigibles at a closed Congressional hearing last year. Public pleading for dirigibles is left to Congressman Dow Harter of Ohio. Congressman John Dingell of Detroit and William Sutphin of New Jersey (whose district includes Lakehurst) are also dutiful airship boosters...
McMahan, the holder of the first Shaw Fellowship, is first marshal of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and received his degree this morning summa cum laude in Philosophy. He prepared at Harter-Stanford Township High School. Levin, a graduate of West High School, is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received his degree summa cum laude in English. As a Sophomore, Levin was the winner of the first Bowdoin prize, and this year of the George B. Sohier Prize for the best honors thesis in English...
...Section 1, C. D. Marshall, leader; Robert Bremer; C. A. Abele, Jr.; E. H. Clark, Jr.; D. T. Dodge; C. P. Lewis; M. B. Stone; John Wiggins; F. H. White; and F. L. Young 2nd.; Section 2, D. F. Pitcher, leader; R. G. Coburn, Jr.; Frederick Fraley, Jr.; Isaac Harter, Jr.; Howard Lapsley; Charles Morgan, Jr.; R. W. Pond; R. G. Werner; H. S. Williston; and D. J. Finlayson; Section 3, G. L. Dow, leader; Richard Borden; F. L. Crowley; Eugene DuBois; Andrew Hepburn; J. D. Hersey; R. A. Maish; G. Q. Thorndike; and R. F. White...
...Eastland '33, of Burlingame. California, president, C. C. Rumsey '33, of New York City vice-president, J. C. Cowdin, Jr. '35, also of New York, was elected secretary, and B. L. Fairbanks '35, of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, treasurer. The new directors are: A. M. Brown '34, Isaac Harter '34, and Howard Lapsley...