HARVARD YOUTHS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6543, 27 February 1928, Page 11

HARVARD YOUTHS

TRAIN FOR SOUTH POLE DASH. Three young men are in training for a trip in the South Polo as mem* hors 6t Richard E. Byrd’s expedition (says a Now York paper). Not only are they hardening themselves to wintry rigours and praotising oil forms of locomotion over snowclad surfaces, but they are also taking an active part in preparation for the trip, working with Walden’s famous sledge dogs and testing and assembling equipment. The trio are Norman D. Vaughan, of Hamilton, Mass; son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Vaughan; Edward E. Goodalo and Frederick E. Crockett. The latter two will probably accompany the expedition, and are working for all they are worth to make this a certainty. Vaughan is sure to go. His name was proposed to Commander Byrd by Walden last summer and he was ac oepted than. He has had experience in Labrador with the Grenfell mission, and he has driven a dog team of his Own.' He prepared for college at Milton Academy, and gave up his junior year at Harvard to get in his training at Wonalancet. When Commander Byrd made a trip of inspection to Walden’s farm in December he met Vaughan for the first time, and liked hiim Goodalo has had Labrador experience too, in the winters of 1923 and 1924, at St. Anthony, and in the summer of 1925 at Indian Harbour. Ho is the son of Joseph L. Goodale, and was educated at Country Day School, Newton, Browne and Nichols School, and Harvard. , Crockett, the son of Dr. Eugene A. Crockett, is a sophomore at Harvard, and was prepared at . Milton Academy.. One of the. things being done at the farm is the testing of tents of various types, which are set up on the windblown fields. They will be compared for floor area, warmth, ease of pitching, and for protection against the wind. Goodalo is in charge of these experiments. Vaughan, with the aid of a’ Boston firm, has been doing research in goggles for protection against the sun and snow. All throe are driving dogs, and all three 1 know the use of skis, but they are having advanced expert instruction in this art. .