Word: reached
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Preparations were made for a 1924 expedition; elaborate and expensive equipment was collected, but the great question was whether or not oxygen should be used on the mountain for climbing. Norton and Somervell were opposed, and finally made the world's record ascent without oxygen tanks, reaching 28,200 feet. Mallory and Irvine next tried with the aid of oxygen to reach the summit. Through a rift in the clouds Odell saw them 600 feet from the summit, but beyond that we know nothing of these two unfortunate mountaineers...
Barre, Vt., reported 25 deaths, including Lieutenant Governor S. Holliston Jackson, who was stunned, then drowned, trying to reach his home...
...Lackan, County Mavo, Ireland, a Catholic priest, one Father Quinn, listening drowsily to his radio. The weather reports were coming in: ". . . rains over Holland . . . cold days marching southward through France. . . ." As he reached to turn off the loud speaker, its hoarse voice growled a terrible threat: "High wind and rain ... a hurricane . . . tempest will reach the west coast of Ireland tonight. . . ." Father Quinn thought of the fishermen who went out upon Galway Bay in wretched, unsubstantial tarred-canvas boats- the only boats they could afford. Hatless, he raced out of his house and down to the shore to give warning...
...needs of a boys' club now than he can by a fat donation in 1948. He can coach a basketball team or referee a game now, while in 1948 he will be too far removed from the point of view of a small gang of newsboys to reach them in any such way. Beyond his committee work and his financial aid he will feel that he is too old to help. In exceptional cases age will not interfere but the fact still remains that far more valuable material is lying dormant in undergraduates, who feel that they are tremendously...
...registration every student was afforded opportunity to volunteer for social service work. Many men ignored this; others shunted the burden less gracefully after once volunteering. It has been impossible thus far to reach all the volunteers but as the number gradually decreases it becomes more and more evident that the percentage of real workers will be far too low. A re-canvassing of all students may become necessary but it would be much more fitting if Harvard's quota were genuinely volunteer and not begged...