Word: hawaiians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the late Commander John Rodger's flight to the Hawaiian Islands (TIME, Sept. 14, 1925), the Navy brought him "over his own protest" to Washington, D. C., "for propaganda purposes," and allowed him to keep on flying though the condition of his eyes made him unfit for active service. "This resulted in this gallant officer's death in Philadelphia in a stall of his plane...
...Music seems to run in cycles," continued the entertainer. "We have had the Hawaiian cycle and the Blues cycle, the one in which oriental types of music were most popular, and then the verse type, the one in which 'It Ain't Gonna Rain No More' was popular. Present day popular music may be classed in what is known as the 'Hokum type...
...better opportunities to study international problems. Our vessel sailed out of Shanghai dock, as she had sailed in, to the accompaniment of fire crackers and cordial cheers exchanged between the docks and the decks. The fire cracker seems to be to the Chinese what the Aloha is to the Hawaiian. It's their way of saying welcome and goodbye with emphasis...
...committee composed of C. R. Frazier Jr. '27, A. T. Hartwell '25, Theodore Hall '29, and D. C. Lewis '29 is in charge of the affair. This group, in conjunction with 20 other members of the club have been organizing a reception, dinner and dance with a Hawaiian tinge...
During the dinner, the guests will be entertained with old Hawaiian music played on steel gnitars by a native music boy. Several native dishes will be served along with the regular meal...