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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strength of this record that he was assigned to the "NC" type of plane at Rockaway, where he was appointed in charge of the NC-4. It was in this capacity that he flew the NC-4 to victory over her sister planes in May, 1919, thus giving the United States the honor of being the first nation to successfully complete a transatlantic fight with a heavier-than-air machine...
Lieutenant-Commander Albert C. Read, commanding officer of the famous NC4, first plane to successfully complete a trans-atlantic flight, will be the guest of honor at a small informal dinner in the Trophy Room of the Union. Monday evening at 7 o'clock. He will later make an address at a meeting open to all members of the University in the Living Room of the Club. He will be accompanied by the crew of the NC4 and by three officers from the "mother ship", the U. S. S. Isobel. After the dinner Professor R. B. Merriman '96 will introduce...
Another Great task, however, remains before man may claim complete supremacy, and yesterday's announcement by the United States Navy suggests that that too will, soon be accomplished. Secretary Daniels has told of the plans for a flight across the Pacific, to be made by a government sea-plane in the near future. If that also, is successful, we may consider that the air; like the land and water, has been made an instrument of man, and may soon expect...
Although the extension of the franchise to women will not in all probability be fraught with any very startling political change, the result cannot be other than a steady improvement in the moral plane of American political, social, and economic life. But at the same time the foremost reason for the immediate adoption of woman suffrage appears to us to be one of principle. To allow fifty per cent of our population to contribute to the greatness of America in practically every field of endeavor, without allowing them a voice in the government is nothing less than an abridgement...
...course in Railroad and Topographic Surveying will be given from June 30 to August 8, inclusive in Cambridge, meeting five days a week, two session daily, 9-12, 1-5. This course requires in preparation a course in Plain Surveying and Plane trigonometry and Logarithms. This course will be limited to about...