Word: bedford
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Watson has been for some years the acting curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, in New Bedford, and is thoroughly conversant with the details of the industry that once claimed 329 ships from that port. The collection of interesting objects connected with the business of whaling, which Mr. Watson has made in the museum, is said to be the finest of its kind in the world...
...Bedford was once famous for its whaling industry," he explained so a CRIMSON reporter, "leading all other cities in America. The town was filled with the spirit of the whalers and practically dependent economically on the business. In 1856, there were 329 whaling vessels belonging here, making trips every year and supplying a great deal of the whale-oil of the world. To-day there is only one on a voyage, and, as far as I know, it is the only one from any port in the United States...
...acquainted with the intricate technique of whaling, and the decreasing value of whale-oil, that has been responsible for the death of the industry. Sailors have died or moved to other ports and other occupations, whale-oil is no longer the indispensible commodity that it once was and New Bedford now is supported by other industries...
Arthur Chase Watson '19, curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, in New Bedford, will speak on "Whaling" in the Living Room of the Union on Friday, May 9, it was announced last night. Mr. Watson has spent his life in close connection with the intricate profession of whaling that used to center in New Bedford and he is therefore peculiarly well-equipped to discuss this subject...
...Everett; Alvan Ruckman Grier Jr. '26 of Birmingham, Pennsylvania; Arthur Gustave King '26 of Cambridge; Milton Arnold Kramer '26 of Brookline; Edward Adams Sawin '25 of Cambridge; Fred Ashton Videon '25 of Denver, Colorado; Jullan Hackett Weiss '25 of Ransomville, New York; and Paul Whitcomb Williams '25 of New Bedford...