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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...September 11th have at last been received in this country. As was known, Meeker was flying alone when the accident occurred, but according to the latest report his engine did not stall as was stated at first. After having reached a height of about 3,000 feet he undertook to spiral towards the ground. When a few hundred feet from earth he should have righted the machine and planed down, but either because he lost control of the machine, or became dizzy or ill, he failed to do so and plunged to the ground at a speed of an hundred...
Professor Albert Parker Fitch '00, former head of the Andover Theological Seminary, has received orders from the War Department to report in Washington. Dr. Fitch undertook inspection work in France for the war council of the Red Cross. It is probable that he will make speeches throughout the country describing the conditions as he found them in the war stricken zone of France. He will return to Amherst college on October...
...intimate work usurped high regard and cordial friendliness in the minds of their pupils, have likewise gained strong attachment for the University. Assigned by their Government to an unexpected post in this country, among a people whose language one or two of them did not even know, they undertook the training of the Corps with the greatest eagerness. We may hope that their endeavor has not been wholly, nor in the least part, in vain...
...Mawson is an English landscape architect who was commissioned in 1914 to prepare plans for the remodelling of the city of Athens. At the personal recommendation of the king and queen of Greece, he undertook this task and will speak tonight on the progress of his interesting work. His talk will be illustrated by lantern slides released by special permission of the Greek sovereigns...
Johns Hopkins' "Haughtonized" football team has shown remarkable progress this year. Previous to this year when C. E. Brickley '15 undertook the coaching of the team the recent seasons have been disastrous. Not a single victory was registered in 1913, and last year the season was broken up by the fatal injury of Layfield. An example of this year's prowess is the defeat last Saturday of Mount St. Mary's, who formerly held and often defeated Johns Hopkins, by the score...