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...project has roused much skepticism. Most doleful thought: the sub- marine will be fouled bv ice formed on its rudders and hydroplanes, will be unable to maneuver, will be frozen into any hole she makes in the ice. Warrant for the trip's success lies in Explorer Wilkins' caution, courage, foresight and ability, proved repeatedly through his explorations by sled, ship and plane. Scientific approbation of the proposed submarine excursion comes from the American Geographical Society, the Carnegie Institution, the Norwegian Geographical Insti- tution, the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History...
...Harvard Studies in Romance Languages," it is imbued with the spirit of research. The facts which have been ferreted out of the various archives are often of no great relevancy aside from this special subject. However Mme. de Stael was an interesting and significant enough figure to warrant this rather restricted study...
...this is strange music in our ears. Harvard, the home of so many great and godly gentlemen--the Mathers, Longfellow, Emerson, and many more,--refuses the chance to have a fine new chapel. Why? Because there is not enough religious interest in Harvard to warrant the erection of anything larger. Cornell would not want a new chapel--Sage is beautiful and inspiring. But even in this school where the word religion borders very closely to the realm of obsolescence attendance at churches on the hill and down town is not discouraging. --Cornell...
...think that the subject which you mention is of sufficient importance to warrant the expenditure of such energy as a public debate would require. Besides, I am very busily engaged with other projects. For these and other reasons I am afraid that I shall have to decline your invitation to debate...
...William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson and Judge John Homer Lyle, candidates for the Republican nomination. Ducking out of sight into his underworld, he supervised his "political interests" while in the upperworld sheriffs were deputized, American Legionaries recruited to preserve order. Judge Lyle challenged the police to serve his vagrancy warrant on Capone as the city's No. 1 Public Enemy...