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...Lowell House proposal we were constantly asked, "Will it work?" "Will it be effective?" "Aren't you wasting your time?" 308 Lowell House members and countless others throughout the College cannot help but be convinced that the choice is now between drastic action or no results. Charles S. Peskin '68 John R. Gersh '68 Neal P. Katz '68 John D. Kennedy...
Then the picket boat showed up. Marksman Peskin, his trigger-finger tensed, his eyes seeking the quarry, scrambled up the liner's Jacob's ladder, followed by the two guardsmen. By this time the lion, bored and weary, had curled up behind a divan, was peacefully snoozing. It was not the moment for the niceties of hunting etiquette. Marksman Peskin was taking aim, when the Amazone's Captain Nyhoff nervously reminded him that a luckless shot in the gunpowder magazine might blast them all to kingdom-come. Swallowing his professional pride, Marksman Peskin inched closer, then fired...
After receiving more advice from Lion-tamer Clyde Beatty, Lieut. Burke asked a nearby rifle range to lend him its No. 1 marksman, a marine sergeant named Michael Peskin. Few minutes later Marksman Peskin and six guardsmen armed with submachine guns and 30-calibre rifles piled into a picket boat, shoved off for the Amazone, hove to southeast of Cape May, and their first lion hunt...