Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Slides were then thrown on the screen showing the exact location and the topography in the neighborhood of the peak. Taking his subject well in hand Mr. Mallory described in detail the expedition's first attempt to scale the mountain last May. After establishing five camps the party fell short of reaching their destination by 2,000 feet. They would have gone further but the third member of the party became ill and in order not to leave him to die, it was decided to turn back...
...George Leigh Mallory, noted English mountain climber, and one of the leaders of the recent Mount Everest expedition, will deliver an illustrated lecture entitled "Climbing Mount Everest" at 8 o'clock this evening in the Living Room of the Union. Professor Theodore Lyman '97, president of the Harvard Travelers' Club, will introduce the speaker. Before the lecture Mr. Mallory will be the guest of the Governing Board of the Union at dinner...
...athletic program will include a baseball series, a tennis tournament, and track meet in which teams representing the various colleges will compete. For those who do not care for organized athletics, there will be plenty of opportunity for swimming and mountain climbing...
...Mallory has previously gained prominence by scaling some of the highest peaks in the Aips. Because of his experience he was chosen to make a preliminary survey of the mountain in the Himalayas in 1921, and it was in large measure due to his knowledge of high altitudes that the recent expedition succeeded in reaching 27,235 feet above sea level. The expedition was sent out to India by the Royal Geographic Society and the Alpine Club of England...
...single set used in Catskill Dutch' represents the interior of the 'stoop of a Catskill mountain farm house", stated Miss Eleanor Eustis in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter, speaking of the scenery which she has designed and painted for the play to be produced at the first public performance of the 47 Workshop on February...