Word: secondly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr., '15, of Cambridge, a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, according to word which has just been received in a letter written by him from France, brought down his first German airplane on December 16. The exact sector in which he was engaged is not known. The despatch states that he got so near to the enemy plane that he could see the red cheeks of his Boche enemy, a shot from his machine fun sending a bullet through the German's head. The Boche was a man of great reputation in the Allied camps...
Dean Gay is the second University professor appointed to an economic board at Washington, the other being Professor F. W. Taussig '79, who is now serving as chairman of the Federal Tariff Commission. Dean Gay was appointed to his office in the Business School...
...which any member of the University placed was the running high jump, which C. G. Krogness '21 won by a leap of five feet 10 3-4 inches, which made six feet, three-quarters inch with his handicap of two inches. Krogness was first, however, in actual jumping, for second place was won by A. S. Roberts of the Radio School with an actual jump of five feet eight inches and three inches handicap, making five feet 11 inches. Another Radio School cadet, V. H. Simmons, was third with an actual jump of five feet six inches and three inches...
...dash, two University entries, F. F. Williams '20 and C. G. Krogness '21, reached the semifinals. None of the informal or Freshman runners placed in the 1,000-yard handicap run, which was won by D. C. Carpenter of Massachusetts A. C., with J. W. Ray, I. A. C., second...
...members of last year's University track team ran on the Camp Devens relay four, which placed second to the Boston Navy Yard in the triangular race between Camp Dix, Camp Dvens and the Navy Yard. E. A. Teschner '17, track captain last year, started for Camp Devens and turned over a substantial lead at the end of his three laps, which was maintained by the next tow Ayer runners. H. W. Minot '17, anchor-man for Camp Devens, was unable, however, to keep ahead of Halpin of the Navy Yard, who defeated him by a burst of speed...