Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Play in the University fall tennis tournaments has progressed steadily without interruption from the weather, and with only one upset recorded. Three men have reached the fifth round in the singles play, Captain J. F. W. Whitbeck '27, B. H. Whitbeck '29, and Frank Donovan 1L. Joseph Van Ende 1 G.B. furnished a surprise by defeating M. T. Hill '30, a seeded player, to enter the fourth round. All other seeded men have advanced without difficulty...
There will begin on October 18 a series of six open nights at the University Observatory, held under the auspices of the Bond Astronomical Club. The program will include a short, non-technical talk followed by telescopic observations, weather permitting. Members of the club will explain exhibits which demonstrate the work of the observatory...
...field, which, aided by an extra week of practice, ought to furnish a severe proof of the Freshmen's power. Last year's game which was also played at the beginning of the season resulted in a 0 to 0 tie, the game being marred by bad weather conditions and the inexperience of the 1929 outfit...
...little man, Charles Clavier, 33, regarded the ship's radio equipment with dancing eyes. That was to be his job, to pick up weather signals midair; to study the air tides, take the radio compass bearings. It was work with which 18 years in the French navy, including four trans-Mediterranean air flights, had made him most familiar. He had brought over from France special instruments, contributed by the big corporation, Radio des Industries. After an annoying fortnight with U. S. customs officials, he had installed and tested his station while the ship's engines and flying gear...
Cotton. Favorable weather has caused the Government crop reporting bureau to raise to 15,810,000 bales its estimate of the cotton crop now being picked, an increase of more than a half million bales over the estimate of a fortnight ago. This intelligence is not altogether pleasing to cotton planters, for cotton quotations in the principal spot markets are about 14? a pound, whereas last year, when the actual crop was little larger than the present estimate, the pound price...