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...Chamberlain forgotten that Hongkong-"place of the sweet lagoon"-was the perfect sapphire in Queen Victoria's crown? Where else did such a roadstead curve so lustrously about the skirts of such island hills? This island, 29 square miles, had been England's since 1842, her Pacific Gibraltar, her Pillar of Hercules between the Torrid and the Temperate Zones, her trademark on the map of China...
South of the White House, the austere, vigilant column that commemorates President Washington pricks the sky, a granite bayonet; west, at the end of the Mall, the Lincoln Memorial dreams above its grave lagoon. Now there is to be another memorial in Washington- one to Theodore Roosevelt. Last week, the Roosevelt Memorial Association appropriated $1,000,000 for this project, invited famed architects, sculptors, landscape designers to compete in submitting designs. Entire freedom was given to the imaginations of the competitors, the one stipulation being that the memorial "shall adequately commemorate the character and significance of President Roosevelt." The site...
...program follows: Fair Harvard Ave Maria Ascribed to Arcadelt O Filii et Filiae Leisring lustorum Animae Byrd Credo Gretchaninov The Gypsy Zolotarev Lady of the Lagoon Bantock Chanson a Boire Poulene Sir Eglamore English Folk Song March of the Peers, from "lolanthe" Sullivan Now is the Month of Maying Morley Bon Jour, mon Coeur Lassus Nocturne Cui Fete Polonaise from "Le Roi Malgre Lut" Chabrier
...tonight's concert follows: 1. Yale Medley arranged by Austin Yale Banjo Club. 2. March of the Reers from "Solanthe" Sullivan The Gypsy Zolotariff Harvard Glee Club. 3. Polish Dance Scharwenka-arranged by Rice Harvard Mandolin Club. 4. Marching to Meet One Buonapartey Harvey B. Gaul Lady of the Lagoon Granville Bantock Yale Glee Club II 1. El Capitan March Sousn Harvard Banjo club. 2. Now is the Month of Maying Football Songs Merley Harvard Glee Club 3. Sea Chanties a. My Johny was a Shoemaker b. Shenandoah c. What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? Yale Glee Club...
...accident. Costa Rica had been having heavy rain which had prevented proper transmission of its mails. Two U. S. aeroplanes were sent from the Canal Zone to assist Costa Rica. Their duty done, they started home. Diving through the clouds they "stumbled" on the Black Fleet anchored in Chiriqui lagoon off Bocas del Toro. Lieutenant Moon, one of the aviators, circled, counted the ships, and then descending, bombed the aeroplane carrier Langley, making three direct hits with ripe tomatoes. Within an hour the information was in the hands of the Canal Zone defenders. It was most disconcerting. The position...