Word: martin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Among the performers at the aviation meet which opens this afternoon at the Metz Aerodrome, Waltham, is J. V. Martin, vice-president of the Harvard Aeronautical Society...
...present Mr. Martin is engaged in perfecting his machines, and while it is possible that he may attempt a short flight today, it is probable that he will not fly until tomorrow. Mr. Martin uses two machines, one a "Baby Grahame-White," and the other a large Farman biplane, built by the Burgess-Curtis Company, of Marblehead. During the meet he will probably use the smaller machine for a flight for a cash prize around the State House...
...Martin became interested in aviation several years ago, and was very active in the formation of the Harvard Aeronautical Society. Last year he went abroad to study in the school of Claude Grahame-White, and after completing the regular course met with such success that he became an instructor in the school for the remainder of the year...
...Stock," verses read by E. S. Martin at the last annual dinner of the Harvard Club of New York, is followed by an appreciation of Judge Lowell by F. J. Stimson, in which the important character of Judge Lowell's decisions is emphasized. The anonymous Graduate from his window amuses himself with what in the main is very good and good-natured fooling at the expense of the recent case of Monthly versus CRIMSON. Professor A. B. Hart describes the new treaty of reciprocity between Harvard and some Western colleges. A very enthusiastic review is given of "The Mediaeval Mind...
...agent selected for this exploration was Dr. Martin R. Edwards, one of the young men who had from the first felt a strong interest in the undertaking. Money was raised to defray Dr. Edwards's expenses; and he devoted seven months to diligent inquiries and observations in the chief cities of China, and especially among the medical missionaries and practitioners already established there...