Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...successful in business, and especially in the merchant marine business, should start to work at 16 and not at 24, as most college graduates do," said Captain Robert Dollar, owner of the Dollar Line and the original of Peter B. Kyne's "Cappy Ricks", in an interview yesterday...
...Captain Dollar arrived in Boston on Monday, on the President Hayes, one of his ships, from a business and inspection tour of the world that has taken him to 462 ports. In China, he penetrated the interior in a trip from Pekin to Hankow, a distance of 600 miles, despite warnings that he might encounter difficulties arising out of the oivil...
...speaking of this Chinese trip, Captain Dollar made the following remarks in a true "Cappy Ricks" vein...
Wilfred Gurney Fordham was born in London and has spent the greater part of his life in the capital. He was educated at St. George's School, Harpenden, one of the leading co-educational schools in the country, where he was school captain and a prominent footballer. He thence proceeded to Magdalene College, Cambridge, coming into residence in 1922, and taking his degree in June, 1926. For three years of this time at Magdalene, Mr. Fordham came under the Mastership of Dr. A.C. Benson, the popular essayist and novel-writer, whose generosity and personal charm were so highly valued...
Only one of last year's two finalists is appearing in this year's tournament. He is J.F.W. Whitbeck '27, captain of this year's tennis team. Alden Briggs, G.B., the other finalist failed to return to the University this year. Frank Donovan 1L., former Notre Dame star, and a seeded player, like Hill has never appeared in a University tennis event previous to this year...