Word: raced
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final heat of the International Regatta held on the Seine Sunday, the New Zealand eight defeated the American crew by a final sprint in the last fifty yards of the race. The contest was very close throughout, and the two boats were separated by only a few inches most of the course. In addition to the New Zealand and American crews, New-foundland, France, Portugal, and AlsaceLorraine were represented...
...invitation of the Akron, Ohio, Flying Club to take part in the balloon-contest on May 10. It was thought that the University would not be represented in the meet because of difficulty in securing a balloon, but the Akron organization has offered to provide an airship for the race. In the contest, fliers from ten colleges of this country will be entered. G. Crompton '20 will pilot the University airship, and will be accompanied by several other members of the Aeronautical Society. The balloons will start from Akron, Ohio, and the crew which reaches the point farthest from...
Lieutenant B. R. Dallas was the winner of the cup offered by the Liberty Loan Committee in honor of Lt. Hamilton Coolidge '19 for the member of the flying circus who should make the best time in a race from Springfield to Boston. The cup will be formally presented today after the exhibition of aerial acrobatics, which is scheduled for the noon hour, at Liberty Court on Boston Common...
...memory of Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge '19, who was killed by a fall of his aeroplane in France last fall, the Liberty Loan Committee of New England has offered a cup to be presented to the member of the flying circus who makes the fastest time in a race from Springfield to Boston. Originally scheduled for Thursday the race was postponed until today on account of inclement weather and high winds. If good weather prevails the aviators, six in number, will start from Springfield about 9 o'clock this morning, and will arrive over Boston between...
...buttons free." Why wives? If daughters of the professors could be drafted for this activity, supported if need be by young society girls whose war work is now ending, the marriage rate of Massachusetts would go up with a bound, and there would be less complaint in future about race suicide in our educated class. New York Times...