Word: boatfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...natural amphitheatre by the row-boat-ridden Serpentine, military bands were playing "Tipperary," "A Long, Long Trail," old songs of the War. The bands ceased. Into the amphitheatre marched massed choirs of London churches in cassock and cotta, at their head the sedate Bishop of Kensington, Rt. Rev. John Primatt Maud, solemn in billowing lawn sleeves, and pectoral cross. The Bishop took his place on the speakers' platform. A rocket curved up into the evening air. The Bishop of Kensington read the Lord's Prayer and a prayer for the King...
...Johnston '29, R. F. W. Smith '30, P. H. Clark '30, R. L. Scott '31. Waiters--David Shaw '29, F. S. Holmes '31, W. M. Rainbolt ocC., W. M. Dunn '30, Richard Kimball '31, M. L. Bell '30. Launch drivers--Fiske Rawlins '30, Arthur Sims. Rigger--Edgar Dennison. Boat builder--William Lutz. Retainers--B. S. Clark, John Simpson...
Among the more important shifts was the moving of James Lawrence, Jr. '29 first to the Jayvee stroke seat and then to the same position in the first boat. Allerton Cushman '29 also set the beat for the eights during the course of the afternoon but the only permanent fixture was B. J. Harrison '29 who remained in the stern of the eights throughout the practice. Neither S. W. Swaim '31 nor P. H. Watts '31 were in the pace setter's position yesterday but both are still in the running for the coveted berth...
Cushman, who has been rowing starboard all spring, is not quite as easy in the new position as some of the others but he is a good oarsman and if he can adapt himself to the other side of the boat he may show up better in the future. Neither Swaim nor Watts have figured much during the last week since both are known quantities and Coach Brown is now more interested in letting the unknown men prove their worth...
Among the crowds gawked a lanky, weather-beaten German, Paul Muller, 47- Columbus-wise, he had sailed a 25-foot boat across the Atlantic and arrived at Havana, fortuitously, just in time for the Inaugural. His first act in Havana was to write his German sweetheart a 24-page letter, mostly about the sea and love. Soon he had much more to write to her about, for in Havana he heard many a story, many a scandal about President Machado's administration. Among the authentic stories were: The General governs with iron-hand-in-velvet-glove. Latin-Americans want...