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Title: Ellington 1918
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Air bases--Texas--Houston Flight training--Texas--Houston
Publisher: (Houston, Tex.) : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Rice University, Fondren Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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e such a write-up in itself is a delicate matter. Every staff member will know how undeserv-ingly everybody but himself is played up, who any man with intelligence can see in a second, is grosslyunappreciated. But here goes anyhow. The editor-in-chief is Mr. Boone Winthrop Brooke, the same as was on Tale Spins. Too much creditcannot be given Mr. Brooke, who says he was the shock-absorber. He really had a lot of authority andresponsibility, and there is no question but his work in keeping the quarreling, caused by jealousy amongthe staff members, within the pale of a modern civilization, wTas nothing less than marvelous. Mr. Brookehas been invaluable. No less can too much credit be given Mr. Garrett H. Graham, managing editor, who has worked untir-ingly and exhaustively to make this book the good one it isnt. His was the arduous task of explaining tothe various persons of importance why this book would not be dedicated to them personally, and why it Page 139) ( ELLINGTON FIELD—1918 H
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Nor Can Too Much Credit Be Given— ELLINGTON FIELD—1918) (Page 140 could not contain their entire personal history, including their cute remarks in the Bright Sayings of Chil-drens column in the Bodunk Weekly, aeons ago. Mr. Graham has shown dauntless courage and otherattributes caused by an inherent inability at foot racing. He prevented the cut-line The Take Off fromappearing over a personal cut. His work has been invaluable. Nor can too much credit be given Mr. Lawrence Smits, who submitted the story on aerial navigation,and a system whereby the mind can be stimulated to think in terms of formulae and chemistry. Mr. Smitschief contribution was the exercise of an illusive ability of writing an obituary colum for Life and otherfunny magazines, making stories on having-ones-leg-cut-off an exceedingly entertaining and humorousaffair. No, Mr. Smits work has been invaluable. Too much credit cannot be given Mr. Joe Weil, who is an able critic and judge, the right course beinginvariably

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