Word: bluejackets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that a good girl should be, may well be surprised now to see her impersonating, with much undue undulation, a French girl who dances in a Moroccan port-town public house. Behind her, one catches a glimpse of the entire U. S. Navy, but especially of one roustabout bluejacket to whom Actor George O'Brien has given his first name and a good characterization. A mere word, spoken in jest by this gay and murderous tar, persuades the dancing girl to visit Manhattan, where she is last seen, in the midst of her loose and double jointed motions...
Samuel G. Blythe, famed Saturday Evening Post writer, once wrote: "A gob is a sailor, a man of the American navy, a bluejacket, and the term is self-applied." TIME preferring the authority of Admiral-Subscriber Irwin, will relegate the word to the category of objectionable slang...
...Navy's rewing history. It has beaten three crews this season by large margins, and according to prominent rowing critics, is likely to continue to win races for the rest of the season. Although the famous Glendon father-and-son combination is no longer at Annapolis, the bluejacket crew is rowing as well as any of the eights that rowed under the Glendon regime...
...after winning two early season games in the south, lost to the Navy team Saturday. Elliott and Matsee, tackle and quarterback respectively, shone for the Virginian outfit. Annapolis, coached by Owsley, former Yale mentor, outclassed the Southerners. Last year Annapolis beat William and Mary 14 to 7, but the bluejacket eleven is said to be considerably improved this fall