Word: travelers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three distinct tours will be the feature of the plans for travel abroad which have been arranged by the Institute of International Education for this summer. This will be the third year that the Institute has organized these expeditions, in the membership of which 66 colleges were represented last summer...
...Shuberts say that they want to present Blossom Time in London and they just can't decide upon the exact personnel. So ballots listing the cast of both companies are distributed at both performances among the audience who are invited to vote as to who they think should travel over the water. The Shuberts have apologized to the Chicago Evening Post. You see, they thought that the Post's dramatic critic, Charles Collins, was too unfriendly, without adequate critical cause. So there were going to be lawsuits and all that about it. But now they...
British-Governmental activity and interest in aircraft is unceasing. Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Secretary, who is undertaking a Continental tour of inspection of aerodromes and airways, will travel wholly by air and familiarize himself with many types of commercial planes. The Hambling report is being acted upon by the House of Commons and will establish what is now popularly known as the " Million Pound Monopoly "-a national flying service between England and the Continent with this amount of capital, all other lines being deprived of their subsidies. A House of Commons Committee is also examining a serious proposal...
...have shown so much interest in animals as those who have just returned from expeditions to Australia and South America in search of specimens. Such travel has its compensations. There is considerable distinction in being on terms of familiarity with a live cassowary, to say nothing of a wallaroo. These men derive great satisfaction from pacing the deck with the paw of a wallaby tucked under one arm, and a cortege consisting of a duck-billed platypus, a green opossum and wombats trailing in the rear. One ship brought a huge tortoise, the last of his race, giant lizards, penguins...
...Professor Lucke. "On the other hand, individually American aviators are as expert as foreign. The difference is in quantity rather than in quality. Public indifference in America is so great that I do not see how the few existing companies can continue. The present high cost of air travel is also retarding aeroplane development, but I believe that there will be some sort of regular air service established in the near future on route when the cost will not be prohibitive...