Word: medals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...George Windham who lists himself in Who's Who as "founder of the Aeroplane Club, 1908; took part in early motor drive to Brighton; owner of cars since 1897; Controller of the ist Aerial Meeting (England) at Doncaster; entered a monoplane constructed by himself . . . holds the silver and bronze medals of Royal Humane Society; Lloyd's silver medal for lifesaving; sailed round the world four times under sail, 1884-88 . . . mentioned in Government despatches, 1897, for connecting R. I. M. S. Warren Hastings with a rope to the shore, over which 1,200 troops were landed; made an hon. member...
...remarkable brick rewarded the country's important chemical societies for giving the coveted Perkin Medal to Dr. Charles Frederick Burgess at a Manhattan ceremony last week. The medal is for "the American chemist who has most distinguished himself by his services to applied chemistry." In Dr. Burgess' case that refers to his showing factory managers that it pays to hire scholars. Twenty and more years ago he was professor of applied electro-chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Manufacturers hesitated to use his novel ideas concerning the electrolytic purification of iron, dry batteries, corrosion...
...return for the Perkin Medal, Professor Burgess showed chemistry & industry his remarkable new brick. Fearing that its properties were incredible, he tossed one into a pot of water, cried: "Notice that it floats. If I should leave it here for a year it would still be floating. In other words we have a brick which is light, one-fifth the weight of an ordinary brick, of high heat-insulating quality, porous, yet resistant to the entrance of water, and of a crushing strength sufficient to support its weight if built into a tower five times the height...
There was little doubt last year about who should get the James E. Sullivan Memorial Medal which goes each year to the outstanding amateur athlete in the U. S. The tribunal of 600 sports leaders gave Bobby Jones twice as many votes as his nearest rival. This year the balloting was closer. Out of the panel of ten, selected from 100 nominees, Pennsylvania's bulky, bristle-haired Barney Berlinger finally won by two votes, 424 for him to 422 for sleek little Helene Madison, null swimming champion. who had 70 votes more than Helen Wills Moody...
...decathlon for the third time in a row at the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival last spring, took more points than any other contestant at the Intercollegiate Indoor Track Championships. Later, he was the leading member of a U. S. track team which toured South Africa. Voters for the Sullivan Medal like to cite an international athlete when one is available. Of Berlinger's South African exploits, they said: "He did more to spread the gospel of goodwill between America and South Africa than any mem ber of the party, according to Manager Gish."* Other voters called...