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...associated with Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward's surgeon, and is a holder of the Board of Trade certificate of competency as master mariner. For the last twelve years Dr. Grenfell has been engaged in medical work among the natives and fishermen of Labrador, cruising in the summer the length of the coast in his steel hospital-ship, the "Strathcona." On one of these voyages he made the first chart of the coast which is in any way accurate. An athlete, and interested in all branches of college activity, Dr. Grenfell is peculiarly well-fitted to treat his subject from...
...ordered from Davy for the Weld Boat Club are finished, with the exception of rigging. Great care has been taken in their design, and the best possible material has been used throughout their construction in order that they may be thoroughly first-class boats. Their dimensions are as follows: length, 19 feet, 6 inches; beam, 24 inches; depth, 10 inches. They are the first boats of the kind which have been built for the Weld Boat Club, and since so much care has been taken in their construction it is expected that they will prove a valuable addition...
...Royal College of Surgeons studied medicine with Sir Andrew Clark and was for a time associated with Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward's surgeon. For the last twelve years he has been engaged in medical work among the natives and fishermen of Labrador, cruising in summer the length of the coast in his steel hospital ship, the "Strathcona"; and in winter travelling through the country by dog team. He has founded three small hospitals, an industrial school, a mill and several co-operative stores; and plans to build a home for derelict children. His pictures give a very clear idea...
...affirmative will be defended by W. M. Shohl '06, A. Tulin 1L., and W. H. Davis '05. C. E. Burchenal 3L., I. I. Mattuck '05, and B. V. Kanaley 1L. will support the negative. Each man will speak 12 minutes and the rebuttal speeches will be 5 minutes in length: The three best speakers will form the final team. The judges will be: H. LeB. Sampson L.'04, S. R. Wrightington '97, R. H. Ewell 2L., M. Thelen sL., R. L. Lyman '03, Professor I. L. Winter '86, Professor G. P. Baker...
...prizes are offered subject to the following rules of competition: (1) Papers submitted by competitors must not exceed 10,000 words in length; (2) Papers, accompanied by the full name and address of the writer, and statement of the class and college to which he belongs, must be mailed or delivered to an express company not later than Wednesday, May 10, 1905, addressed to the President of Columbia University, New York, N. Y., marked "For the John Barrett Prize"; (3) The prizes will be awarded under the direction of the following committee: N. M. Butler, President of Columbia University; Albert...