Word: ironclad
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...coast-to coast broadcast, Thomas said that the campaign to salvage the historic vessel was a praiseworthy one. The former professor of Oratory at Kent College of Law also recited two stanzas of "Old Ironclad," the poem by Stephen O. Saxe '51 and Andrew E. Norman '51, which first appeared in last Saturday's CRIMSON...
Saxe, at campaign headquarters in Cambridge, announced that the name of the organization had been officially changed to "American Patriots for Raising the Monitor." Meanwhile, Norman flew to Washington, D.C., last night to confer with Navy Department officials about salvaging the famed ironclad...
...Raising the Monitor, Andrew E. Norman '51 and Stephen O. Saxe '51, representing "innumerable students" in the nation, issued the following statement last night: "We are gratified by the Cambridge City Council's support of our campaign to raise the U.S.S. Monitor and its invitation to moor the ironclad on the Charles River...
...CRIMSON today inaugurated its campaign to raise the U.S.S. Monitor, the famous Union ironclad which fought an historic battle with the Confederate ship Merrimac on March 9, 1862. The ship was discovered in 120 feet (20 fathoms) of water, 20 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, according to an Associated Press dispatch yesterday. Sixth Naval District spokesmen said they have "no plans" for raising...
...CRIMSON campaign has been officially named "American Students for Raising the Monitor." It seeks to rally students and other patriotic citizens to the cause of preserving the Ironclad as a National monument. A public statement in the form of a poem (printed above) has been composed by leaders of the campaign as the opening salvo...