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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...astonishing speeds were made. Twenty thousand Spokaners cheered and shivered to see the ships go by. At the Lido, Venice, Plight Lieutenant Sidney Norman Webster, one of the British entrants for .the Schneider cup, broke all speed records with an average of 281.488 miles an hour. The best previous record, 246.496 miles an hour, was established last year by Major Mario de Bernardi, of the Italian air force, who wrested the cup from the U. S. at Hampton Roads...
...been nationally honored by the community for his services to America. In New York City, the Jews number about a third of the general population and yet there is not one statue dedicated to an American Jew to symbolize his and his people's contribution." Previous popular contests of the Jewish Tribune decided "the twelve outstanding Jews of America," "the twelve foremost Jews of the World," "the six foremost Jewish women of America," "the ten Americans who have done the most to promote good will and better understanding between the Jews and the non-Jews...
...lists of best sellers. Possessed of a dexterous though partly imitative technique, it has none of the raucous and hurtling sentiment which usually gives poetry a popular appeal. The music of his verses is delicate and blurred; his gentle comments on saints and harlots, soldiers and nuns, unlike his previous satire, seems too wan to provoke a storm either of praise or censure...
...tough, the kind of backs which can stand a lot of hammering, and more than half of them are competent kickers as well as ball carriers. J. P. Crosby '28, A. E. French '29, and David Guarnaccia '29 are the only members of this backfield squad who have had previous University experience, but, in the opinion of this writer at least, they will find themselves hard pressed to hold down their positions by some of the new backs. S. C. Burns '29, G. E. Donaghy '29, and T. G. Moore '29, are Juniors who have been developing rapidly since football...
...Here a student may be as much subject to changes of mind but he can console himself with the thought that he has a reasonable period of grace in which to discover whether or not he will like a certain course or, if he has listed his courses the previous spring, whether he still chooses to take the same ones. The welter of duties which surrounds the opening of each college year is made simpler and less involved because of the genius of the registration office. Only a return to the prehistoric and patience-testing methods would bring about...