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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...significance of mathematical and other studious problems. The "wife," or in terms divorced from West Point slang, the famed young man's West Point roommate, is a "star man," standing in the first ten of the first class. He is good at all things studious. His name is J. A. K. Herbert. He is Captain of B Company...
...famed young man, Private Christian Keener Cagle of Company B, does not find that being "the greatest football halfback since Red Grange" helps him with his studies, though J. A. K. Herbert sometimes does.† But neither does his fame diminish bis popularity at the Point because, newspaper and schoolgirl illusions to the contrary notwithstanding. Christian Keener Cagle is not a domineering, fire-eating, muscle-bulging hero off the gridiron. He is quiet, retiring. He brought a drawl but not much rambunctiousness with him from Louisiana. He is not even redhaired, as legend says, nor six feet tall...
Pilots & Priests. On its delivery flight from Detroit to Lakehurst last week the metalclad dirigible ZMC-2 (TIME, Sept. 2) scared a team of horses at Kingston, N. J. The runaways threw their driver, one Calvin Petty, from his seat and dragged him. Dirigible Capt. William E. Kepner and his crew of two saw the accident, lowered their ship over St. Joseph...
Fokker's 32-Passenger. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, 39, Java-born Dutchman, founder of the U. S. and Holland Fokker industries, last week flew his first 32-passenger sleeper plane, at Teterboro, N. J., airport. As in Pullman cars, its seats can be rearranged for berths. Distinctive are the plane's two pairs of Wasp-motors fixed tandem, and its twin rudders which are adjustable to compensate for varying engine speeds. On his trial flight Mr. Fokker set its tail on a fence. A drizzle preceded another test flight. Spectators voiced doubt that the ship would try the run under...
Presidents Bernard Barnes '30 of the CRIMSON. A. G. Churchill '30 of the Lampoon. Theodore Hall Jr. '30 of the Advocate will represent the periodicals, while F. H. Gade '31 and J. R. Carter '30 will speak on behalf of the instrumental and Glee Clubs respectively. Thus the Freshman Class is offered the opportunity of estimating the relative value of the various non-academic activities offered it in its ensuing four years in College...