Word: diversity
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Mr. Charles Wellington Furlong, the artist and writer, will lecture on "The Greek Sponge-Divers of Tripoli and the Finding of the Frigate 'Philadelphia'" at 8 o'clock this evening in the Living Room of the Union. The talk will be illustrated by more than 80 slides, almost all from...
Mr. Charles Wellington Furlong, the artist and writer, will lecture on "The Greek Sponge Divers of Tripoli and the Finding of the Frigate 'Philadelphia'" tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union.
Mr. Furlong will describe the seizure of the frigate by the Barbary corsairs, and its recapture and burning in Tripoli harbor in 1804 by Lieutenant Decatur; the hazardous vocation of the Greek sponge-divers, who aided him in the search for the wreck.
For the present the relay men will be given practice in turning and starting as well as in swimming. As there is a spring-board at the Dunster tank the divers will be able to begin practice. Regular practice will be held at the tank at 8.30 o'clock this...