Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...building similar to those in Norfolk, Va., and Newport, R. I., which have in the neighborhood of from 150 to 225 separate bedrooms. It is estimated that if such a building were available in Boston at least 40,000 sailors would sleep in it each year. In Brooklyn, where the building is about twice the size of the one needed in Boston, the sailors themselves pay 80 per cent of the cost of operation and over 100,000 men slept in it during 1914. Nearly 300 men are turned away nightly while the fleet is in port...
...given in the Boylston Elocutionary Competition held in Sanders Theatre last evening, were awarded to Sylvan Lehmayer, Jr., '16, of New York City, and Percival Francis Reniers '16, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Second prizes of $20 were awarded by the board of judges to Andrew Johnson Richard Helmus '16, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Tracy Jackson Putnam '16, of Boston; and James William Davenport Seymour '17, of New York City...
Several managers were appointed, subject to the approval of the Athletic Committee. Louis Hasbrouck Bevier '17, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was appointed manager of the boxing team, and Alpheus Montague Geer '18, of Nutley, N. J., assistant manager. Grant Hyde Code '18, of Pittsburg, Pa., was made manager of the fencing team...
Henry Epstein '16, of Brooklyn, N. Y., prepared at Brooklyn Boys' High School. He is 21 years of age. He debated on his Freshman team against Yale, his Sophomore champion interclass team, and on the University team...
...judges of the contest were Mr. Victor Herbert, conductor and composer, Mr. John Hyatt Brewer, conductor of the Apollo Club of Brooklyn, and Mr. Louis Koernnienick, conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York...