Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last winter, El Nino was delayed a trifle. It did not reach Eucador until the second week in January. Dr. Murphy and his companion, Van Campen Heilner, went out in launches to meet it, measure its speed, density, temperature and so on. They noted that the sea's heat rose more than 60° that one day. Schools of flying fish appeared, shoals of hammerhead sharks, flocks of seabirds. Then, from what took place on shore, they noted that El Nino had come in vaster volume, gone farther south then ever before in history...
...third of the college students in this country fall to reach the goal of a degree, said Professor Wood of Columbia in the New York Times yesterday. These statistics are no bomb-shell to Harvard alumni and authorities. They indicate that a college course is merely like any other occupation that there is always a percentage which, because of lack of earnestness, preparation, and for other reasons, is crowded out in the competition. A majority of those more fit survive...
...second day of the Student Friendship Fund drive came to a close last night with an unexpectedly small amount of returns. The committee which is directing the campaign had hoped to reach its quota of $4,000 by last evening but the returns so far have fallen far short of expectations...
...committee believes that much of this poor showing is due to the fact that, on account of hour examinations and other causes, the collectors have been unable to reach many of the men on their lists. For this reason, although the official closing hour of the drive is today at noon, the collectors will be given until Monday evening to complete their canvass...
...spite of the intensive effort which the collectors will make to reach everyone before Monday, the committee has announced that they feel that there still may be some, especially those outside of University dormitories who may not be reached and who would like to make individual contributions through the committee members. Such contributions will be received by the chairman, J. C. McGlone '26 at the Varsity Club, by S. W. Bridges Jr. '26, at 6 Russell Hall, F. W. Fay '26 at 131 Westmorley Court, or R. H. Field '26 at 53 Randolph Hall. They may be delivered either...