Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conservatives. Neither side is willing to meet the other; the radical leader is afraid to discuss the situation with the conservative because he thinks it impairs the confidence placed in him by his constituents, the conservative avoids intercourse with the radical because he has decided against radical ideas per se or because his reputation may suffer. He is likely to be called a Bolshevik sympathizer, and with that, all his opportunity for constructive criticism ceases. And the two factions drift so far apart that they scarcely speak the same language...
Aviation has been out adrift as it was struggling to gain a foothold in peacetime industrial affairs. Competent authorities say that the industry is 90 per cent, liquidated, and that the remaining 10 per cent, is slowly but surely breaking up. Major-General Menoher, Director of Air Service, recently testified before a senatorial investigation committee that production is at a standstill, and that the aviation personnel has been wiped out. Such a condition is the more deplorable upon consideration of the action of foreign countries. Already French and English companies are developing the airplane as a cargo carrier in South...
...noon yesterday 64 per cent of Boston's quota of $6,000,000 of the Harvard Endowment Fund had been raised. Additional efforts will be made to locate the 5,000 graduates who have not yet stated definitely whether they will become subscribers or not. Gifts of $10,000 were received from W. B. H. Douse '73 and C. F. Ayer '87. The totals were as follows: Boston, $3,788,723 New York, 3,528,114 Outside, 2,347,717 Total...
...comparative scores the Crimson yearlings show up well, but the weight of the Yale team will be a big factor. From tackle to tackle the Yale line averages over 205 pounds, as against 175 pounds per man for the University. In the backfield Yale also has an advantages of 19 pounds per man. H. Herr, Yale's left guard, will be the heaviest man in the game, weighing 240 pounds, with a height of five feet ten inches...
...Yale 735 men have given to the Red Cross, and at many smaller colleges the contributions have been greater than at Harvard. Several preparatory schools have show a 100 per cent. membership and a larger total than has as yet been received at the University...