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...School has suddenly decided to sail for London on Wednesday to make a six weeks' study of the London county council system of federation in order to develop a working plan for the organization of a Metropolitan Boston which will satisfy all the cities, included within a 15 mile radius...
...advent of the motor car and the airplane has given the individual a new relation to his environment by establishing new and infinitely more profitable standards of time and distance. The motor car has changed man's radius of action from 30 to 300 miles a day, while the airplane has increased it to a thousand miles or more. These are substantial contributions to American life...
...customs are in the form of restrictions placed upon the "plebes." There are restrictions in the mess hall, in barracks, and on the campus. In the mess hall a plebe sits at attention while he eats. His eyes may not wander farther than the perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food. In barracks a plebe always removes his hat before entering the room of an upperclassman. He is restricted from using "Diagonal Walk...
Four Massachusetts members of this year's entering class have been awarded scholarships of $400 each by the Harvard Club of Boston. The Harvard Club awards scholarships annually to Freshmen of the University living within a limited radius of the Boston State House. The awards also stipulate that the recipients be graduates of public schools within the limited radius. The holders of the scholarships for the academic year 1929-30 are R. J. Coss '33 of Saugus High School; Benjamin Lelyveld '33 of Rockland High School; C. U. Stevens '33 of Melrose High School; and D. M. Sullivan...
Monster Seaplane. To the Glenn L. Martin Co. went a Navy contract for the largest, most powerful, fastest flying boat ever developed. Specifications: three Pratt & Whitney motors producing 1,725 h. p. Top speed, 140 m. p. h. Cruising radius, 2,000 miles. Crew, five men. Cost, $150,000. Construction time, one year. This all-metal seaplane will serve the Navy as a "fighting patrol...