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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exploits that made him the American counterpart of Francis Drake reached their heights in the moonlight encounter between his Bon Homme Richard and the British ship-of-war Serapis; an encounter which began when the British captain, Pearson, cried: " 'What ship is that?' From the Richard came the reply: 'I can't hear what you say.' 'Answer at once,' shouted Captain Pearson, 'or I shall fire.' . . . The Richard's bo'sun leaned out of a port. 'Fire, and be damned to you.' " For a long time guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: John Jones | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...Custis Knapp (retired) strikes this page, let him read below. TIME is unable to locate Mr. Knapp who, on July 30, addressed a letter to TIME on letterhead of the Drake Hotel, Chicago. Mr. Knapp (newsstand buyer) has never registered at the Drake; is unknown to Mr. Drake and to Drake employes and to frequenters of the Drake lobby. His letter (mailed in New York) prompted H. C. Wood of Germantown, Pa., last week to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Hearst | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...stay on as visiting professor. The similarity between Princeton and his own Oxford did not escape him. He accepted, lectured often and melodiously, wrote verse about Princeton in the Revolution and in the then-brewing World War. Prior to The Torchbearers, his most cele brated poem was Drake, an epic of British empire-building. Aged 47, Mr. Noyes lives in London, sensitive, earnest, fond of swimming. Mrs. Noyes (Garnett Daniels) is the daughter of a U. S. Army colonel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

...Lect. Room French 7 Allen-Friend Emerson F Gifford-Zarakov Emerson J German 1b Sem. Mus.1 German 5 Sever 30 German 7 Sever 23 Greek 12 Sever 30 History 6 Ames-Strauss Sever 24 Taber-Wieser Sever 29 History 9 Sever 11 History 10a Sever 29 History 32b Allen-Drake Harvard 2 Driver-Harmon Harvard 3 Harris-Pepper Harvard 5 Pickering-Zion Harvard 6 Latin B I, II Mr. Sherman, sect. 1 Sever 17 Mr. Peterkin, sect. 2 Sever 18 Latin 1 Sever 23 Mathematics C III Sever 35 Mathematics 2 I Sever 36 Mathematics 5b Ach-Dow Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXAMINATION SCHEDULE | 6/10/1927 | See Source »

...Fogg Lect. Room Light-Zawacki Old Fogg Lect. Room French 7 Allen-Friend Emerson A Gifford-Zarakov Emerson J German 1b Sem. Mus. 1 German 5 Sever 30German 7 Sever 23Greek 12 Sever 30History 6Ames-Strauss Sever 24Taber-Wieser Sever 29History 9 Sever 11History 10a Sever 29History 32bAllen-Drake Harvard 2Driver-Harmon Harvard 3Harris-Pepper Harvard 5Pickering-Zion Harvard 6Latin B I, IIMr. Sherman, sect. 1 Sever 17Mr. Peterkin, sect. 2 Sever 18Latin 1 Sever 23Mathematics C III Sever 35Mathematics 2 I Sever 36Mathematics 5bAch-Dow Sever 2Dryer-Meisenbach Sever 7Mitchell-Ying Sever 8Music 3a Glee Club Rm.Philosophy 14b Emerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINAL EXAMINATIONS | 6/9/1927 | See Source »

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