Word: rosa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Andean Christ. After Santiago, the itinerary called for a special train to Santa Rosa de Los Andes (Chile), whence the narrow gauge Transandine Railway climbs up to burrow through the Cumbre tunnel at an altitude of 10,452 feet. Half a mile higher, on a ridge in the oldtime Cumbre pass, stands "Christ of the Andes," the peace statue which Chile and Argentine cast from their cannon after Edward VII of England arbitrated their last quarrel in 1902. "Peace to all nations" says that statue's pedestal...
...Onetime actress. More recently author of The Lifetime of Mark Twain, Rosa Leurs, Queen of Cooks and Some Kings. Schumann-Heink is published by Macmillan...
Last week the National Federation of Music Clubs invited Soprano Rosa Ponselle to head the Honor List in their new Hall of Fame for rising U. S. artists. Hereafter, within the Federation, Nov. 15 will be known as Rosa Ponselle Day. On that day ten years ago Ponselle, daughter of poor Italian immigrants, made her Metropolitan Opera debut, singing Leonora in La Forza del Destino, with Caruso...
...reel will also be shown of a tour on skils of Mont Rosa, the highest mount in Switzerland. The performance takes place in the Living Room of the Union on Sunday night and will begin at 7.30 o'clock. It is under the joint auspices of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and the Union and is open to all members of both organizations...
Moving pictures of a rock climb on the Aiguille du Grepon and of a ski ascent of Monte Rosa will be shown in the Living Room of the Harvard Union on Sunday at 7.30 o'clock, under the joint auspices of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and the Harvard Union. The pictures of the climbing of Grepon, which is a part of the Mont Blanc Massif at Chamonix, show the mountaineering technique of professional guides in their ascent of what is considered by tourists as one of the most difficult peaks in Chamonix...