Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor A. N. Holcombe '06 of the Department of History, Government, and Economics, outlined Mr. Nansen's career yesterday in an interview for the CRIMSON. "Mr. Nansen's first claim to fame arose through a deed 30 years ago, when he tried to reach the north pole by a new route. He believed that there was a warm current which carried the ice across the north pole, and he conceived the idea of building a special boat, which ice would not crush but which would be pushed on top of an ice floe. He intended to freeze the boat into...
...know America was a Republic. Representative Oldfield of Arkansas, the Democratic whip, said: "The country is not safe." Mrs. Craig made plans to move to a furnished room in Newark, N. J., near the jail. "If my husband should need me, I want him to know where he can reach me quickly. We have been separated only once in 17 years...
Died. Rear Admiral William Clinton Wise, U. S. N., retired, 81, at Honolulu, Hawaii, from a cause not reported. During the Civil War he commanded the flagship Malvern, which, with President Lincoln aboard, was the first Federal warship to reach Richmond after Lee's surrender...
...average Senior who has finally satisfied his language requirements and is now concentrating on passing his divisionals. For the most part, students present American History for admission, take Government 1 for distribution, and easily assimilate a knowledge of the customs of the American people long before they reach their majority. Mere political opinions, on the other hand, cannot be inculcated in any thinking man; only a conservative estimate of the statements of speakers brought to Harvard by such organizations as the Union, the Liberal Club, or the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, can really guide their development...
Formerly, the journalistic supermen were the editors. Men like Horace Greely or, in our own day, George Harvey, attained national and international repute. Their opinions were usually honest and unbiased by self-interest. Newspaper rivalry forced each paper to attempt to reach as many classes as possible. Under the monopoly conditions of the present, however, great owners like Hearst or Northcliffe shape the opinions of several papers. Each of this string concentrates on a one-class appeal. The owners have often earned a fortune in some other field and have taken up journalism as a hobby or to advance their...