Word: junks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Preparation for launching "Little Mermaid of the North Atlantic," the junk built by Juniors David Ewing and Peter Black, swung into high gear last night with the announcement that a Chinese princess will christen the boat and the launching will be preceded by a procession accompanied by a 35 piece oriental band...
Nearing completion, the mysterious Chinese junk designed and constructed in secret beneath the house squash courts by Peter Black '42 and David Ewing '42 will be launched early next week, they announced last night...
Neither Black nor Ewing has even been to China, or ever ridden in a Chinese Junk. They really don't know where they got the idea, but Black says that he was talking to Ewing one day about sea-monsters, and sea-monsters somehow lead to Chinese Junks, and then to Chinese Junk in Boston Harbor. "A Chinese Junk in Boston Harbor would be a wonderful sight, you know, commented Black. "Well there is going to be a Chinese Junk in Boston Harbor one of these days, just about Easter time, or perhaps a little after...
...mast, which will fold back to allow passage under the bridges on the Charles, a long overhanging poop, a small motor hidden away in the stern, and a half-inch brass cannon mounted in the bow, will be features of the junk's gear...
Black and Ewing don't know exactly where they are going when their junk is finished. That will depend upon the sailing qualities of their craft (Chinese Junks weather typhoons, says Black). If the first Chinese Junk ever to be built in Cambridge is not very seaworthy, it will still look pretty on the Charles. If it is a real sailor, maybe they will sail away and startle fishing captains on Brown's Bank...