Word: fishermen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Labrador and has bettered the educational and economic situation there by establishing schools and co-operative stores. He cruises the coast of Labrador in summer in his hospital ship and in winter covers the distance from settlement to settlement by dog-teams, caring for the sick and needy fishermen who comprise most of the population of this region. On one of these trips he made the first authentic chart of the Labrador coast. This winter he is going to introduce into the country a herd of reindeer from Lapland in the expectation that these animals will fulfill the domestic needs...
...Connolly delivered an interesting lecture in the Living Room of the Union last night, his subject being "Gloucester Fishermen." G. G. Ball '08, vice-president of the Union, introduced the speaker...
...Connolly related several interesting anecdotes to illustrate the hardihood and courage of the fishermen, in the face of grave danger, and said that this work produced a very high type of man, mentally and physically. He next spoke on the wonderful seamanship which some of the skippers possess, asserting that it was probably the finest in the world...
...Connolly will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on the "Gloucester Fishermen and Their Work." Mr. Connolly was born in South Boston in 1868. He was for a few months in the Lawrence Scientific School, served with the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry, U. S. V., 1898, and was at the battle of Santiago. He is the author of "Jeb Hutton," "Out of Gloucester," "The Seiners," "On Tibes Knoll" and "The Deep Sea's Toll." The lecture is open only to members of the Union...
...following prizes were awarded: first, W. Ordway '10, "Evening on the Charles"; second, M. T. Fleischner, Pennsylvania, "The Poplars"; third, G. Kemmerer, Pennsylvania, "Moonlight." Honorable mentions were awarded as follows. first, M. T. Fleischner, Pennsylvania, "The Harbor, Concarneau" second, F. F. Marshall '07, "Poetry"; third, M. T. Fleischner, Pennsylvania, "Fishermen of Douarnarnez"; fourth E. H. Riedel 1G., "Long Lake"; fifth, C. B. Roepper '10, 'Sunset, Venice"; sixth, P. M. Armstrong, Michigan, "Early Spring"; seventh, M. S. McN. Watts...