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ceedings. [[red underlined]] Except one - the worst meeting we ever had.: [[/red underlined]] Hunt [[red underlined]] Robins [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] Sprague [[/red underlined]] seem all [[red underlined]] inclined [[/red underlined]] to [[red underlined]] quarrel [[/red underlined]] Afternoon with Whitney to [[strikethrough]] Br [[/strikethrough]] meet [[red underlined]] Bogert in his empty office. [[/red underlined]] then saw [[red underlined]] Millikan [[/red underlined]] who says [[red underlined]] optical glass situation [[/red underlined]] is cleared and [[strikethrough]] Pitts [[/strikethrough]] Bausch and Lomb turning out [[red underlined]] 4000 lbs a week [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] Pittsburgh Glass Plate [[/red underlined]] have [[red underlined]] resumed work on optical [[/red underlined]] glass.  Eveng on roof garden of Cosmos Club met [[red underlined]] Dr. Hollis [[/red underlined]] of [[red underlined]] Worcester Polytechnic who [[/red underlined]] repeated his story of [[strikethrough]] Admiral [[/red underlined]]^[[insertion below line]] his [[insertion]] capture of Turkish Eunuchs when he was midshipman on a sailing vessel.  Left by night train.
July 8. (Sunday) [[red underlined]] George [[/red underlined]] back from Ithaca. [[red underlined]] Has been accepted in aviation service [[/red underlined]]

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[[red underlined]] and seems very glad about it. [[/red underlined]] Exams for admission are very rigid.  At least two years college.  Must be [[red underlined]] exceptionally sound in body in mind. [[/red underlined]] Drastic [[/red underlined]] physical tests and physical examination.  Says 22 before him failed. [[/red underlined]] He was one or two pounds too light according to requirements for his length which is over [[red underlined]] 6 feet 1". [[/red underlined]] so he stooped [[red underlined]] slightly so as to get [[strikethrough]] below [[/strikethrough]] within normal weight. [[/red underlined]] This [[red underlined]] is the most dangerous and most strenuous service in the army. [[/red underlined]] This also increases the [[red underlined]] chances that we never may see him back again.  The more I think of it the great my indignation and rancor against those barbarians in Germany [[/red underlined]] who compel us to resort to extreme measures.  Here is another fine boy and splendid character offering himself as sacrifice against

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Note to editors -- this page is a good example of how the marking of red underlining with brackets, etc. makes the text nearly unreadable. I hope when the PDFs are done that they will be represented in a more "eye-friendly" way. -- Tom C.