Word: captains
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Captain W. H. H. Southerland of the U. S. S. New Jersey will speak on "The Cruise of the Battle Fleet," in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only...
...Captain Southerland was graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1872, and immediately after entered the navy as a midshipman. In 1896 he became a captain, and during the Spanish-American War served on the Cuban coast in command of the U. S. S. Eagle. Captain Southerland has written a number of scientific papers, among which are "Azimuth Tables," "Nautical Monograph No. 4," and "The North Atlantic Cyclone of August, 1883." He has just completed the tour of the world with the Atlantic squadron as commander of the New Jersey...
...Captain W. H. H. Southerland of the U. S. S. New Jersey will lecture in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening on "The Cruise of the Battle Fleet." He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and ever since he was graduated has served in the navy, commanding the U. S. S. Eagle during the Spanish-American War. He accompanied the fleet on its recently completed tour of the world...
...meeting of the class crews held in the Weld Boat Club yesterday afternoon Gilbert Butler, of Utica, N. Y., was elected captain of the Senior crew; Grinnell Martin, of New York City, captain of the Junior crew; and Robert Sanford Jowett, of Dorchester, captain of the Sophomore crew. In his Freshman year Butler rowed on the four-oar against Yale, and since then he has rowed on his class crew. Martin was on his Freshman squad for the greater part of the season and last year he stroked the Sophomore crew. Jowett rowed on his Freshman four last spring...
...affords an excellent opportunity for a large number of men to get good training in baseball, and there is also an additional incentive in the prospect of being taken onto the University squad if sufficient ability is shown. Frank Pomeroy Ferguson '10, of Jamaica, Long Island, has been appointed captain. Ferguson played centre field on his Freshman team and held the same position on the University second team last year...