Word: commander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Washington. Rear-Admiral Frederick C. Billard, Commandant of the Coast Guard, declared: "The Coast Guard's job cannot be handled with soft words and amiable gestures. . . . The Coast Guard is used to carrying out its duty with vigor and determination. . . It means business. ... If a smuggler elects to defy the command to stop, he runs a serious risk of getting hurt...
Parkman will succeed the Reverend Dr. William Greenough Thayer, headmaster for the last 36 years, who tendered his resignation on November 11. Parkman, when he takes charge of his new position, will find himself placed in command over a faculty of which half a dozen or more members taught him when he was a student at St. Mark's from 1911 to 1915. Parkman will assume his new responsibilities on September 1, when Dr. Thayer's resignation is effective...