Word: trips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sarcastic tone; in the next place he dares to imply that Coolidge is lacking in moral courage and sportsmanship. I'd like to be near enough to Henderson to give him a poke in the nose! I'll bet Henderson has not taken an air-trip over to Paris more than fifty times(?). It gets under my skin to read a letter like Henderson has written and it riles me more to think you would print one like it. . . . Men like Coolidge and Lindbergh are not produced every day, but men like Henderson are born every minute...
...trip could be more difficult or more hazardous. Because of the constant variation of the compass in such close proximity to the magnetic pole, navigation is a matter of genius. Because the vast area is unexplored, landing in case of emergency becomes a matter of prayer. No ship patrols the frozen reaches of the Arctic; no lighthouse points the way. Said Commander Byrd: "I congratulate him most heartily." Added Lincoln Ellsworth: "My hat comes off to the pluck of a brave gentleman...
...dangers of the 2,200-mile trip, slightly south of the North Pole on the Greenland side over a region never before seen by articulate man, particularly beckoned to Capt. Wilkins. He finally made it in 20½ hours of flying time, in a small Lougheed Vega plane capable of a sustained speed of 135 miles an hour. His record indicates that he would have made the trip had it taken forever...
Coach H. L. Cowles has picked a squad of 12 men who will make the trip and each man will play a match. There will be six doubles and 12 singles encounters...
...following men will make the trip: W. L. Breese '31, J. D. Evans '31, L. B. Gilman '31, G. S. Greene '31, A. C. Ingraham '31, J. R. McGinley '31, C. C. Parker '31, P. A. Pertzoff '31, C. E. Pickhardt '31, F. B. Rice '31, R. L. Tower '31, T. G. Upton...