Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Experiments in catapaulting the present type of machine, dependent for a start upon the swift passage of air over lift-creating planes, have increased the general interest in the possible development of the helicopter. In these experiments the machine is shot off a starting platform, much as a dart is thrown in the air. The start is so swift that the machine is able to pick up its flying speed and continue flight with its own engine...
...undersigned gladly accept the "Indignant Challenge" which appeared in the Friday CRIMSON. We can hardly believe that the gentlemen were even present at the meeting they denounce. Had they been, they must have noted that Mr. Humphries, while inclined to find considerable good in the Soviet regime in Russia, in no sense advocated Bolshevism, but confined himself to an instructive narrative of what he actually saw during eleven months in Russia. During these months Mr. Humphries was successively employed by the United States Committee of Public Information, the Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Humphries...
...Arab: His Origin, His Conquests and His Present," February...
...particular work of Mr. David will be to bring about a closer relationship between the students and the central Business School Office. Heretofore the matter of centralization has been over-looked, but, if the present plans are successful, the office in University Hall will in the future control all the work that is carried on in the school...
...Coach Donovan at Soldiers Field in preparation for the Medley relay race which will be held with Cornell at Albany late in January. The men who were on the cross-country squad this fall have been excused from practice until after the Christmas recess. The work for the present consists merely of jogging practice in order to enable men to get accustomed to running. The distances for the relay race will be 352, 528, 704 and 880 yards...