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Pacific distances are important to the U. S. Navy. A naval officer who knows them and their meaning better than the lines in his palm is Admiral James Otto Richardson. As a young midshipman, Texas-born "Joe" Richardson got his naval baptism charting the waters around the Philippines; not the least of the qualities which speeded his rise to high command was his thorough knowledge of Pacific oceanography and topography. At 61, homely, unofficious, friendly Joe Richardson is Commander in Chief...
Other officers elected included James Tyson, Tech; Arthur Santry, Williams; Midshipman William Lemon; Raymond Jones, Michigan; Charles Maddon, Lafayette; and John Ware, Yale...
...Waldron and Art Bosworth splashed to victory in the specialty events in the comparatively slow times of 2:39.4 and 1:46. Max Kraus tied for a second behind Waldron in the breastroke. Midshipman Harold Fisher took the dive with 103 points, but George Dana and Chet Sagenkahn copped the second and third places. Other Crimson seconds were taken by Frannie Powers in the 220 and Ed Hewitt...
...good chance to carry off the butterfly event in tomorrow's meet at Annapolis. George Dana and Chet Hagenkahn will need to be at their beat to outpoint Harvard Ficher in the dive, but Art Bosworth should annex the 150-yard backstroke with little effort. Dick Harris may give Midshipman Jack Jacques a good battle for second place...
...John Paul, aged twelve, having been bound over to one James Younger, a shipowner, sailed from Whitehaven, in England, in the brig Friendship, as a master's apprentice; he was thus in very much the same status as a midshipman, or more nearly a merchant marine cadet of today. Engaging in the West Indies and American colony trade, he served until 1764, when he became a second officer, the next year first officer of one of the Younger ships. Released from his indenture in 1766, he became, at slightly under 21 years of age, captain of the John...