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...correct some of their mistakes, Professor Morison decided to apply the alfresco, learn-by-doing methods that Francis Parkman used for his History of France in the New World. In the summer of 1939 Morison and some friends bought the barkentine, Capitana, which was "near enough to Columbus' larger ships in rig and burthen to enable us to cross the ocean under conditions very similar to those of his day. . . ." In the Capitana they explored the European end of Columbus' routes, then headed back across the Atlantic. "Our crossing from Gomera to Trinidad was approximately on the route...
...Francis Parkman, Jr. '45, Committee Chairman, sent out a call for Yardlings with special acting ability or entertaining skill to participate in the program being planned for the dance. Interested Freshmen are asked to see John M. Alcorn '45, in Weld 33 as soon as possible...
...Committee members were present at the meeting, and they were directed by their new chairman, Parkman. A graduate of Brooks School, the Yardling leader is a direct descendant of Francis Parkman, famous 19th century historian...
...Francis Parkman, Jr. '45, of Southboro and Holworthy, unanimously elected Chairman of the Freshman Union Committee by his colleagues last Saturday, presided for the first time at a meeting of the Committee last night, when the group laid plans for a Freshman Frolic to be held in the Union in February...
...regrettably true that the country is almost devoid of knowledge of our two neighbors and of Russia. But Professor Burns must have forgotten that the classic histories of colonial Canada and of the conquest of Mexico were written by a Harvard professor, Francis Parkman, and a Harvard graduate, William Prescott. As for Russia, at the present time, one of the few distinguished professors of Russian history in the country, Professor Karpovich, is on the Harvard staff...