Word: insignia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...squadrons. At the grave was a great monument topped by a winged figure built by the dead man. All airplane manufacturers were asked to plaque Santos-Dumont's likeness on all new planes. The Brazilian Aero League asked pilots the world over to wear crepe on their wing insignia for one year, keep silence for five minutes during the burial...
...Conn, last week. There was nothing extraordinary about the plane. It was a Vought Corsair of a year-old model, such as the U. S. Navy uses for observation, with interchangeable sea and land undercarriages. But its wings and fuselage bore the red-white-&-blue bull's eye insignia of the British Royal Air Force-hence the excitement. The British Air Ministry had bought the ship, presumably to test it as a sample of U. S. fighting craft. One important function to which the Corsair is specially adapted is catapulting from battleships and light cruisers, a maneuver in which...
...first time. In this room are inscribed the names of all Harvard men who died in the War, in the service of this country or of its allies. The Bacon statuary, of a young soldier dying in his Mothers' arms, is under the dome of the narthex. Under the insignia of the United States that caps the dome, is the seal of Harvard University set in the marble floor. The names of the soldiers appear by departments and classes in bronze gilt letters placed on tablets of travertine...
Since a considerable part of the demand for a 150-pound team arises from the fact that its players have a chance to win their minor H, it might be well to grant minor letters or some such insignia to the champion House football team meeting Yale...
Five lettermen, led by Captain A. T. T. Schumacher '33, form the nucleus of a promising squad of 16 survivors of last Wednesday's cut. R. M. Gummere '34, William Wemple '34, A. M. Moskin '33, and T. F. Waters '33 are the other insignia bearers. The team is further bolstered by G. F. Stork '35 and E. B. Robbins '35, of last year's outstanding Freshman team. H. B. B. Robinson '34, and R. H. Eaton '34 are showing up well...