Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...carried chorus and orchestra through excerpts from Wagner's Tannhauser, Elgar's King Olaf, Grieg's Olaf Tryggvason. Heated, enthusiastic, she swung next into a Schumann symphony, had to wipe her perspiring brow after the first movement. She had picked up enough energy in her European trip to satisfy everybody and to make Daily News Critic Eugene Stinson find the orchestra "well nigh unrecognizable, so firmly has Ebba Sundstrom increased her grasp over her players since last spring...
...millwright. He lived on a farm near Detroit when he put together his writing-machine, which he called "The Typographer." Noticing that local magnetism frequently disturbed surveying compasses, he invented a sun-compass, was awarded a medal and $20 in gold by the Franklin Institute. Burt returned from a trip to England in a windjammer to see how well its navigator maintained his course, was thus spurred to invent an equatorial sextant. One of two members of Michigan's early Territorial Legislative Council and later a State Legislator, he was a prime mover in the Sault Sainte Marie Canal...
...years ago Father Svensson's German provincial returned from a trip to Japan, asked the Icelander if he would not enjoy a similar jaunt. Permission was granted by the General of the Order in Rome, providing Father Svensson would write a book about his trip, obtain a reputable doctor's assurance that his health was perfect, pay his own way. Father Svensson in good shape save for a touch of rheumatism in one leg, raised money for his trip by lecturing in France, Switzerland, Germany, set out for Japan via the U. S. and Canada...
Captain Bob Bartlett, veteran Arctic explorer, will show motion pictures of his most recent trip this evening at 8 o'clock in Phillips Brooks House. This meeting will be under sponsorship of the Harvard Grenfell Association...
...yards rushing and make more first downs than the powerful Navy team, Crimson chances to earn the title of Big Three champion appear brighter than they have for many years. The up and coming spirit of the Harvard players deserves enthusiastic backing by every student who can make the trip to the Yale Bowl next Saturday. Although Harvard may not be favored on paper in view of comparative scores, there is no reason to take a Blue victory for granted...