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Amundsen goes north under the auspices of the Norwegian Aero Club. The expedition was financed by $100,000 from James W. Ellsworth of Manhattan and has with it two Durnier-Wahl seaplanes, one to be flown by Aviator Lincoln Ellsworth, son of James W., the other by Amundsen. When he stated his plans, Amundsen announced that he would spend some 24 hours examining the Pole and its vicinity. He thought it might be possible to establish a fuel and food base at the Pole for further aerial exploration. From Kings Bay to the Pole is only a seven-hour flight...
...after this news, however, the doughty Captain announced that he had raised $100,000 for an attempt to fly to the pole. Three Durnier-Wahl planes are already being prepared for the attempt. The start is to be in June from Spitzbergen. He plans to spend about 24 hours examining the pole...
...pole-vault, and J. O. Johnstone '15, in the high-jump. Camp tied for find in the high-jump at the Intercollegiate last year; and was second in the pole-vault against Yale last spring, and found in the Intercollegiates. Richards, the Olympic winner of the high-jump, and Wahl, Conference high-jump champion have been entered in this event...
...articles are "The Highest Structure in the World," a description of the great Eiffel tower in Paris, by William A. Eddy, "Bonny Hugh of Ironbrook," by Edith Brown: "A World of Roses," a beautiful little poem by Edith Thomas; "The German Gymnasium in its Working Order" by G. M. Wahl; "The War Cry of Clan Grant" by W. Mitchell; "The Church the State and the School," by H. E. Scudder; and a short biography of Hector Berlioz...