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...American Students" Reconstruction Unit", composed of students from many universities and colleges, will leave for France this coming summer immediately after commencement. Passage has been engaged, on the new steamship "Paris" of the French line, leaving New York June 23. Upon its arrival in France the Unit will be subdivided into a number of small groups, which will be allotted to different towns and departments along the Marno and Mouse. The smaller groups of six and seven each, will be living and working in the towns and villages between Rheims and Verdun, where the most interesting work...
...stipend of $1,000, under present conditions, may not suffice for the student's expenses, it is recommended that candidates have additional funds of their own. Arrangements for a reduction of steamship rates on commercial vessels can be obtained in some cases...
...twelve-piece brass band will lead the procession to the Brattle square subway station, where the class will entrain for the South Station, on three special cars which will be waiting for them. On reaching the station, the class will parade to the wharf, and will embark on the steamship "New Shoreham." They will reach Downer's Landing, which is near Weymouth, after a ride of an hour and a half down the harbor...
After a parade to the wharf, the Seniors will embark for Old Downer's Landing, near Weymouth, on the steamship "New Shoreham." Upon reaching the Landing, the program of sports will commence. There will be track games, water-sports, and baseball, with prizes for the winners. All men who intend to swim must bring tights, and the ball players should provide their own equipment...
There was something Homeric in the venture of Pilot Hawker and Commander Grieve in their Sopwith machine. Flinging away their landing carriage and deliberately avoiding steamship lanes, they undertook a voyage, as perilous as any since the days of Columbus and Cabot. What a continuous flight of twenty hours must mean is clear to anyone who has spent with the hum of engines throbbing in his ears, even three hours in the air. Our wonder increases when we consider that this longest flight yet attempted was made in a plane with only one engine, little chance of floating if forced...