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...dirigible balloon--one answering the helm--was an idea from the very first, yet all attempts to steer a balloon were practically unsuccessful until 1884. Since then many types have been invented, all having the general shape of a fish, the most notable of which is that invented by Zeppelin. They have been brought to a great degree of perfection but have the one great fault that they are practically useless in a high wind...
From the very beginning the aim of inventors has been to arise in a machine which is heavier than air. There were two kinds of these machines, one like a bird, with wings to flap, and the other like a kite. The former has turned out to be worthless, but the latter has been developed into the aeroplane. The first attempt to fly in one of these machines was made in 1894 with little success. Not until almost the beginning of this century when Langley, Chanute, and the Wright brothers turned their attention to this invention was anything like success...
Beginning on Friday afternoon--the University team will have secret practice every day. During this practice no one, except track men dressed in running clothes, will be allowed on the field. These men may stay only as long as they have work assigned them by the coaches...
Among the buildings of the Yard, Phillips Brooks House stands, in one respect, unique. It serves occasionally, indeed, as one place where the University entertains its guests, as during the inauguration just past; it is used at times as a common meeting ground for students and professors, as at the University teas; but in its essential and predominating character it exists as the home of a student organization and the centre of that association's activity...
...University to the Phillips Brooks House Association. We are all aware of its existence, and we stand for its fundamental aims; but we tend to forget that it is no mere self-operating mechanism. Upon its temper and efficiency is staked the reputation of Harvard in more than one place, yet its usefulness is great or small according only to the intelligence and energy of the support which it receives from the student body...