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...this year's Crimson eleven, the 1942 captain says, "I've seen then play a couple of times this fall and they're a well-coached team with a lot of spirit; may be not as polished as some of the older, heavier, Harlow-coached teams. Of course in the Bates game they had things pretty much their own way so you can't really tell. I'd like to have seen that PT game...
...piece of sculpture holding a preserved human heart was a new feature of Rio de Janeiro last week. The heart thus honored was that of Brazil's pioneer aviator, Alberto Santos-Dumont, who at Bagatelle, France in 1906 was the first man to fly a heavier-than-air machine in public demonstration (two years before the Wright brothers).*The memorial, in Rio de Janeiro's Aeronautic Museum, was a 10-inch, gold-plated sphere, supported by a winged, kneeling figure in wood. Suspended within the sphere was a crystal ball containing preserving fluid in which floated the cold...
...duty, the new jungle ensemble includes tailored khaki slacks, a matching shirt, ankle-high field shoes. The cold-weather outfit consists of wool-flannel trousers and jacket with snug-fitting collar, cuffs, and ankle bands (and may be used as a complete costume or as a lining for heavier clothes...
Getting the jump on other league members, Lowell House has swung into high gear and is rounding into shape fairly rapidly. Much heavier than last term, the Bellboy team is packed with returning veterans, who in addition to going through conditioning exercises this week, have been working on their aerial attack in preparation for next Wednesday's opening game with the Eliot NROTC. Included in the long list of returning Lowell gridmen are 'Ayres, Brock, Harrison, Robb, Ryan, Sammond, and Sutton...
...airmen have located the areas of greatest danger from flying birds. The migrations follow fixed routes; the heaviest traffic is up & down the Mississippi-Missouri Valley. Duck strikes are most frequent, but flyers do not fear them as much as certain heavier birds. A 15-lb. goose, flying at 50 m.p.h., colliding head on with a 200-m.p.h. plane, can do formidable damage...