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...Paul's Society will give a reception to the churchmen of the University this evening at eight o'clock in the Phillips Brooks House. Informal addresses will be given by the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts; Rev. Edward L. Atkinson, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Boston, and Rev. William G. Thayer, Head Master of St. Mark's School, Southboro. All churchmen in the University are invited to be present...
After scoring only three points in its first two games, the Tigers looked to fresh faces on offense. Cameron Atkinson delivered for Princeton, becoming its first freshman to score an offensive touchdown. In fact, Atkinson scored twice, on runs of 12 and 38 yards. Princeton did not allow freshman to play varsity until...
...tale is this: in middle age Chaplin, a journalist, and Susan Atkinson, a nurse married to Chaplin's college roommate, embark upon "an illicit, dangerous romance." In 1989, after years of landlocked child-rearing (four daughters between them), they leave their marriages and decide, like the owl and the pussycat, to set off to sea in the 36-ft. double-ended motor-sailor Lord Jim. Throughout the chronicle blow dark gusts of both families' anger and disapproval--bad emotional weather that is the underlying motif of Chaplin's memoir, even when tropical sun shines on the romantic fugitives...
While Chaplin and Atkinson are anchored at Wotho, an obscure spot in the Marshall Islands, Typhoon Gay roars in. There is sanctuary ashore in the island's church, which is strong enough to withstand the wind. The couple decide to stay onboard to try to ride out the storm at anchor. Not smart. The typhoon makes directly for Wotho Island, rips loose Lord Jim and its middle-aged lovers (who have not even got their life jackets inflated and strapped on properly). The typhoon beats the boat to pieces on the coral. It tears Susan from the feckless Gordon...
After the vigil broke up, about 100 people stayed behind and said a rosary. Karen Atkinson was there, along with Marc's mother, brother and sister, and strangers went up to them to say--some in Spanish, some in English--that they were sorry. It would be the first night since her husband's death that Karen Atkinson slept...