Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Leviathan, commercial commodore for all the people, resigned. He said he wanted a home ashore after 35 years at sea. He said he would go into the cotton business. To succeed him, the Shipping Board promoted Vice Commodore Harold A. Cun- ningham of the United States Lines, long captain of the S. S. George Washington, now of the Leviathan...
...Hartley. "When we were chatting after the meal one of the officials said to me, 'How would you like to have command of the Leviathan?' I replied, 'Stop your kidding.' To my sur- prise, he said, 'I am not kidding. We want a captain for the Leviathan, and if you would like to have the ship, come round to the Shipping Board offices at 4 o'clock this afternoon...
...attended a celebration the night before. And, having ideas of his own, he refused to "beat the system." Later he took the degree, be came Research Associate of the Cancer Commission, Assistant Dean of Harvard, Assistant Director of the Carnegie Institute's Station for Experimental Evolution at Washington, Captain in aviation, Presi dent of the University of Maine. At 37, a university president for the second time, he shocked Michigan conservatives by publicly advocating birth control, became Director of the American Birth Control League, President of the International Neo-Malthusian League. In spare moments he surprises mice and guinea...
...perhaps the first picture which approached the potentialities of the cinema. Others, a list which betray D. W. Griffith's highly disputable flair for titles, are: Hearts of the World; Broken Blossoms; Orphans of the Storm; America. Beau Sabreur. Two novels, both best sellers, both written by Captain Percival Christopher Wren, both somewhat similar in title, have been translated into cinema by the Paramount Co. The first was Beau Geste. The second, in no wise a sequel, is Beau Sabreur, which is nobody's name but a phrase applied to Major Beaujolais, the hero, because he is handy...
...prominent in these matters; but by no means always. Some years ago a father sought advice about sending his son, to Harvard College at 17. He was advised to do so, but warned of the social disadvantage. Wisely the son was sent, and became president of his class and captain of its football team in his Freshman year. By means of a more highly organized staff for the purpose, and with the provision of Freshman Halls, we are paying far more personal attention to the Freshmen than ever before, and are constantly doing so to a larger extent, with...