Word: zealander
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thomas R. Davis, on his way to the School of Public Health by sailboat from New Zealand, yesterday was reported safe by Coast Guardsmen after his 48 foot ketch "Miru" bucked a blistering tropical storm...
Davis, whose hobby is Polynesian anthropology, decided to sail from his home in New Zealand to Pern and test a thesis: That the route the raft "Kon-tiki" took from Peru to the Polynesian Islands was actually a two-way thoroughfare...
Davis reached the Peru coastline after 68 days out of Wellington, New Zealand, and at registration-time, be sailed through the Panama Canal and began the last leg of his 10,000 mile journey to Boston...
Economically the Metasequoia's value is still undetermined. The Chinese use it for construction purposes: Merrill thinks it may take the place of the white pine as a timber crop in countries where light lumber is scarce--especially in England and New Zealand and perhaps southeastern Australia. South Africa and certain parts of South America...
Dean Leighton and Daniel S. Cheever '39, assistant professor of Government, (above) covered Harvard scholarships and Fulbright Awards. Cheever stressed character and distinction in gaining a Fulbright as well as high academic standing. The deadline for the State Department awards is October 31, except for applications to Australia, New Zealand, or the Union of South Africa...