Word: travelers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Foot and horse travel limited the area, and in turn the population, of the pre-railroad cities of nearly a hundred years ago. The distance that the people would live away from the business center of the city was a matter of the time they were willing to spend in travel--to their occupations in the morning and to their homes at night. This time limit has always appeared to be about one hour. An hour's travel in a man and horse civilization meant three or four miles out for foot travellers. This was the real town limit...
...academicians have been sent as a delegation to represent the French Academy at the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Moliere. Mr. Chevrillion has gained wide renown for his works on English literature and has also written many books on travel. Mr. Donnay is one of the best known living French dramatists, most of his works dealing with the theme of love...
...Henry Russell Shaw Travelling Fellowship, assigned annually to a Senior to enable him to spend a few months in European travel after his graduation, has been awarded to Wesley Goodwin Brocker '22 of Lindstrom, Minn...
...Shaw Fellowship, which he has now won, was given by Mrs. Henry Russell Shaw in 1911 to make it possible for Seniors "who show promise of success in professional or business careers" to supplement their formal education by travel...
Four other undergraduates of high rank have been awarded Sheldon Prize Fellowships for study and travel next year. They are John Bridge '22 of Simsbury, Conn., Wheeler Glass Lovell '22 of Cleveland, Eliot Dole Hutchinson '22 of Lowell, and Garrett Mattinglay '23 of Allegan, Mich...