Word: summering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Colonel Starling went to eye the many locations offered to President Coolidge for his summer vacation. Ornithologists, recalling the starling's reputation for appropriating the nests of other birds, punned feebly on the name of the President's emissary whose problem is not to find a home but to choose among the many offered by generous donors with available premises and a yen for publicity...
Most confident among the prospective presidential hosts was William Wrigley Jr. (chewing gum). Of the many who have called, only Mr. Wrigley has announced that he is likely to be chosen. "Although I have received no official acceptance of the offer of my summer home, I have been led to believe that Mr. Coolidge favors the proposal and will accept it." Should Mr. Wrigley not have been misled, the President, encamping at Green Gables, Mr. Wrigley's summer mansion at Lake Geneva, Wis., will have the privileges of one yacht, ten master's bedrooms, a private bathing beach...
Work is at present under way, a large number of men being employed in leveling and grading the land. The tennis courts, which will be built during the summer, and the fields will be ready for use next fall...
...students who spend at least two months of the coming summer in some industrial or agricultural work, "The Nation" announces a prize essay contest, the winner of which is to receive $100. A second prize of $50 and third and fourth prizes of $25 and $15 respectively are also offered...
...middle of the summer will see Professor Holcombe in Geneva, Switzerland, where he expects to remain for several weks. While there he will attend the Assembly of the League of Nations in September, and will then journey to Russia. He expects to spend some time here studying the conditions of the Soviet, and hopes to be present at the tenth celebration of the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, to be held in Moscow in October...