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...made up of Iselin, Oliver Ames II '27, R. A. Jordan Jr. '27, from the University, John Churchill of M. I. T., J. M. Woodworth, an Amherst graduate, Terence Keogh, a companion of Iselin's on six trips, and one professional. J. B. Sears of Robinson's Head, Newfoundland, the most famous cook in the region...
...moments last week upon a series of bronze, silver and gold disks now widely distributed throughout the world. On one side of the disks are stamped the name of a, hero, a map of North America, and the Coats of Arms of the U. S., Canada and Newfoundland, together with the inscription, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." On the other side is stamped a likeness of famed philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The discs are the Carnegie Hero Medals. Last week one of them?a silver one?was awarded...
Many important points of friction between the two countries, some of which have been causing irritations for decades, were eliminated by the commission. The rights of American fishermen on the treaty coast of Newfoundland were granted; the American government was declared not liable for injuries sustained by British monarchists in Hawaii during the reign of Queen "Lil" the last national march Great Britain's claims for reparation for damage done her citizens at lloilo in the Philippines were denied, but the American government was declared liable for the looting of British owned houses in Lavite, also in the Philippines, when...
...able to come to this country across either ocean carrying a heavy military load, nor is the construction of one to be expected with known materials and known motive powers. Commander Towers, one of the oldest flyers in the Navy, who participated in the flight in 1919 from Newfoundland to the Azores, expresses the opinion that for either of our coasts to be bombarded from overseas would involve transporting airplanes by surface craft across the ocean. He adds that 'with op- position it would be entirely ridiculous...
...Thirty Years Among the Labrador Fishermen" will be Dr. Grenfell's subject when he speaks on December 16. Dr. Grenfell, who received an honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1909, has worked for many years in the bleak fishing towns of Labrador and northern Newfoundland coasts. An Englishman by birth, he attended London and Oxford Universities, and started his career as a medical missionary in 1887. Many Harvard students have spent summers working with the Grenfell Mission...