Word: traveller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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AFTER the exaggerated, somewhat pathological stories of travel that have been holding forth of late, the wholesome, credibly adventurous tone of this book is very refreshing. It is not entitled to very high praise, either for originality or skillful style, but the author, realizing her limitations, keeps from the danger of affected writing, and her work reflects sincerity and ability, if not literary brilliance...
Although not directly in the employ of the advertising department of the Bermuda Travel Burean, the Vagabond has no scruples against voicing a hope that not a few of those who have faithfully followed him from lecture to lecture this fall will join the old stowaway in welcoming the dawn of a new year in that fair isle of liberty which lies somewhere to the southeast. For with all the wisdom and foresight of three wise men the Vagabond is closing up his quarters in the Lowell House construction shack and leaving Cambridge for the festive season. All of which...
Announcement of holders of travelling fellowships and scholarships of the Harvard School of Architecture has been made by G. H. Edgell '09, dean of the school. The Nelson Robinson Jr. Travelling Fellowship in Architecture, established for 18 months of travel and study, has been granted to J. L. Cannon '26. The Julia Amory Appleton Travelling Fellowships in Architecture, also for a year and a half of peripatetic study, are held by C. O. Root and C. T. Larson '25. One of the travelling fellowships from the Frederick Sheldon Fund, which was established for a student of promise in any school...
...harmonize with that of the mother ship. Of every 100 Chris-Craft boats turned out in Algonac, 13 are destined to zoom over foreign waters. Scandinavians use them as a means of commuting among the fjords and inlets. Many are shipped to Australia. The only practical means of travel in much of the South American tropical zone is the network of jungle waterways. Colombian explorers and the Ford rubber plantations in Brazil use Chris-Craft sedans. While Chris Smith chews and whittles in the Algonac postoffice, his boats are being sold by dealers all over...
They got out, shook hands with the pilot, were addressed by Walter Beech, president of Curtiss-Wright Sales Corp., professed themselves satisfactorily air-minded. Curtiss-Wright proposed to take up at least 500 executives during the winter to familiarize them with air travel, make potential customers for passenger air services...