Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Great works have been wrought in the hills of New Hampshire since the day when Elzear Wheelock made his way up the Connecticut river to found Dartmouth College. He was enthusiastic in his desire to start a school for the education of the Indians in the ways of God and the white man's civilization, little dreaming that in 150 years the modest institution would change into a college of national reputation...
...University cross country team will attempt to repeat last year's victory over the Dartmouth squad this afternoon at 4 o'clock over the Charles River course. In the 1928 meet, the Crimson secured the better end of a 28 to 34 score, R. C. Aldrich '31, present captain, placing second to Leslie Flaksman '29. Thus far this season the charges of Coach Mikkola have defeated Holy Cross by 19 to 53, and avenged themselves for last year's defeat at the hands of the New Hampshire Wildcats by turning the tables...
...President Hoover goes to Detroit for Henry Ford's dedication of the Edison Laboratories; Oct. 22-goes to Cincinnati for celebration of the opening of the $100,000,000 improved Ohio River waterways; Oct. 23-inspects Louisville Dam; Oct. 24-in Washington pushes button to open new Mount Hope Bridge connecting Bristol and Newport...
...eighth novel, Robert Nathan makes gentle fun of the discrepancy between Christian faith and Christian observation. His hero Levy, yearning after the Christ, changes his name to Lewis. Crossing the River Jordan he arrives, not in the land of milk and honey, but in a welter of May parties, prejudices, Mother's days, fishings, bathings-a whole satirically tinted landscape of Gentile normalities. Lonely, without angels, relatives or the Christ, Lewis quits this stupid paradise, flings himself into the river, returns to the Bread of Life. Author Nathan's mysticism is mischievous, grace ful-perhaps too much...
Arrangements have been made for orders to be taken at the Union for duplicate prints. Pictures of almost all Harvard Buildings, as well as several views of the Charles River and the Yard are included in the exhibition...