Word: piers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twelve months ago S. S. Leviathan, only giant express liner flying the U. S. flag, was laid up at a Hoboken, N. J. pier as too unprofitable to operate. While her historic hulk grew dingier against a dingy background, U. S. Lines which bought her from the Shipping Board in 1929 tried to persuade the Government to take her back. Their arguments: 1) There were already more big ships on the North Atlantic run than the traffic warranted; 2) the Leviathan had been losing an average of $75,000 on each round trip before she was decommissioned; 3) this operating...
...Juniors elected were Herman Gundlach, Jr., of Houghton, Michigan, who received the greatest number of votes, 169; E. Francis Bowditch of Concord, 166; Thomas Harrison Hunter of Cambridge, 141; Thomas Ferguson Locke of Boston, 124; Arthur Stanwood Pier, Jr. of Concord, New Hampshire, 115; and Arthur Wingate Todd of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 115. The Sophomores chosen were Robert Smith Playfair of West Roxbury, who received 223 votes; Shaun Kelly, Jr. of Richmond 211, and Braman Gibbs of Hudson...
...following is the complete tabulation of the votes with the stars indicating those elected: Class of 1935 *Herman Gundlach, Jr. 169 *E. Francis Bowditch 166 *Thomas Harrison Hunter 141 *Thomas Ferguson Locke 124 *Arthur Stanwood Pier...
Included in the Junior nominations are: Robert S. Brookings, II, Francis H. Burr, Eliot D. Cantor, Robert B, Cutter, Samuel S. Durry, Jr., Richard W. Emory, Charles K. Howard, Osborne F. Ingram, Randolph A. Kidder, Thomas F. Locke, Donald V. McGranahan, Francis D. Moore, Arthur S. Pier, Jr., Sumner Rodman, Arthur W. Todd, and Charles F. Woodward...
...boys will be; cox, William J. Cantelmo '35; stroke, John L. Ward '34; 7, C. Jerome Forbos '36; 6. John F. Ducey, Jr. '36; 5, Bartlett K. Thorogood '35; 4, Edwin H. B. Pratt '36; 3, Alvin R. Sweeney, Jr. '35; 2, John L. Clark '36; and bow, Gardiner Pier...