Word: station
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bailey is the man responsible for the founding of the "Harvard" station at Arequipa, Peru, which has been maintained since 1892. He was originally sent down in 1889 and travelled up and down the west coast of Africa in order to determine the best location for this southern station of the University Observatory. Since its foundation at Arequipa, Professor Bailey has been in complete charge of the work there. In 1893 he established a meteorological station on the summit of the famous Andes peak, El Misti, which rears its head 19,000 feet above sea level. In this little...
...find before his 11 weeks' competition is over that he has done a little of everything. He has interviewed a famous actor or actress. He has talked football with the coach of a visiting eleven. He has reported important University athletic contests. He has covered fires and read police station "blotters...
...period of training leading up to a commission is divided into two separate divisions, the elementary and advanced courses. The first of these is held at Squantum, while the other is given at the Naval Air Station in Hampton Roads, Va., during the second summer. Sach lasts for a month and a half, and the object is to teach students to become expert Naval Aviators...
...lecture this evening will be given by the Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve Air Station at Squantum. He will outline the nature of the work, the details of enrollment, the pay given men while on duty, and the question of application for this summer's course. The talk will begin at 7.30 in Room 5-330 at M. I. T. It will be illustrated by moving pictures made at Squantum and elsewhere during the past summer...
...Line for Harvard" and other University songs and cheers will be heard by college men scattered all over the world next Saturday when they are broadcast from station WGY at Schenectady...