Word: travelers
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...untrained amateurs saddled with the responsibilities of diplomacy. This is his proposal: A body of mature men, elected from the United States at large, for not less than ten years each; five members to change at each congressional election; half the body would form a quorum; the remainder would travel abroad as part of their duty, acquiring first hand information of international affairs; during the course of his ten years' devotion to foreign affairs every man would become an expert. The Jefferson Day dinner, designated by tradition as the official gathering of National Democratic leaders, will take place...
According to the CRIMSON census lately made, summer will scatter the undergraduates far and wide. More than one-half of the college intends to travel. Of this number the percentage going West and the percentage going abroad is very nearly equal. In general, going West has no formidable connotation, but means a ranch or a pack-trip with an unconscious study of the art of Nature; while a trip abroad means steamers and hotels, with a very conscious study...
...American Merchant Marine Library Association. This body aims to place a library of about 80 volumes on each American merchant ship, and will try to collect at least 100,000 books during the drive. For its purpose, the most useful works are in the fields of flatiron, history, biography, travel, marine engineering, seamanship, and navigation, as well as books on English and citizenship...
...railways can economize by efficient operation, Mr. Couzens offers statistics obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission: The net ton miles per 1,000 pounds of tractive power in 1920 was exactly the same as in 1903. On the 10 most efficient roads freight locomotives average 77.2 miles of travel a day, but on the 39 largest roads the average is only 63.4 miles. Coal consumption on the most efficient roads is 160 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles, on the large roads it is 202 pounds. These figures suggest the possibility of economics which Senator Couzens estimates at upwards...
Yale is to have a scholarship, endowed by John Hays Hammond, available for the Mexican making the highest grade in the College Board Entrance Examinations which the Yale Club of Mexico has successfully instituted in the City of Mexico. The scholarship covers expenses and travel from the Mexican border. The Mexican Department of Public Instruction is to provide transportation to the border...