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...under Coach Steven's supervision were members of his fall rowing squad. Captain Kelley did not appear yesterday afternoon, and H. C. Pierce '27 rowed at bow in his place. The only other change in this boat from the line-up which crew X had last fall was Kent Leavitt '26 at seat seven in place of Geoffrey Platt...
...there was a Captain Benjamin Leavitt, who was not content that this paltry 30 fathoms should be set as a lower limit to his activities. In 1922 he bought a ship, the Blakely, from the Shipping Board. He fitted her out for diving and salvaging, and laid in an equipment of patent diving suits of manganese bronze (which resists salt water corrosion), with flexible parts of interlocking copper tubing and ball bearing joints, with portable air equipment, carrying a four-hour supply of oxygen and a telephone...
During the winter of 1923 a visit was made to the west coast of Chile. There, two miles off Pichidangui, was located the wreck of the British schooner Cape Horn, which went down in 1869 with a cargo of copper, lying in 53 fathoms (318 ft.) of water. Captain Leavitt declares that in some of his searches he went down to 60 fathoms (360 ft.). When the wreck was discovered, a difficulty came up. At 53 fathoms it was almost pitch dark; there was not enough light to work...
...evening in the Living Room of the Dunster Bookshop. Mr. Damon has written several books of poems and a treatise on William Blake which is considered by many to be the best publication on the subject. Tickets at $1.00 each may be bought at Arthur's Smoke Shop and Leavitt & Peirce...
...march of time has outstripped the old tradition of Commons. Where the old boys sauntered casually along gravel paths, the undergraduate today dashes with determination from Sever to New Lecture Hall and to Leavitt and Peirce's windows. The Harvard men of Memorial's hey-day dined leisurely, and aided eloquence with loquacious draughts, but a schedule, measured by the unfailing Ingersoll, now limits his gustatorial pleasures to a few snatched moments, while the slogan "coffee or milk" is impotent to stimulate good fellowship. At present, the press of engagements has destroyed inclination as the motivator...