Word: ports
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting of all men at Princeton interested in rowing, R. S. Lamont was elected captain of the university crew for next year. Lamont rowed on the 1920 freshman eight, and has been in the first Tiger boat for two seasons. He rows on the port side, and will probably act as stroke next year...
...pretty oar, but seems to lack power. J. J. Schieffelin '19, who took Patterson's seat at No. 2, is much shorter in his swing than the other men in the boat. The rest of the eight are rowing fairly well. The starboard oars are especially good, but the port four will have to improve tremendously to keep the light English ship on an even keel...
Besides the opportunity on ship board, there is even a greater field open to the young man, who, through the Merchant Marine, is chosen to represent an American commercial house in a foreign port. With the present rapid expansion of foreign trade, and this country's growing program for shipping to be managed under the flag, there is a sharp demand for experienced men to fill managerial positions, and the Shipping Board is prepared to train such men on its squadron of commercial cruisers. For this, a knowledge of Spanish would be of great value, as the need in South...
...second cruise begins today and will have as its objective some port on the Atlantic seaboard. The third and fourth will soon follow so that by June 25 all men enrolled in the University naval courses will have received at least some practical experience on the water. During the summer it is planned to use the boat for instruction in connection with navigation courses offered by the University Summer School...
Charlie Hart, the University boat-rigger, who has been at Princeton for the past week, has satisfactorily completed the work of altering the Princeton 1915 shell from a starboard to a port stroke arrangement, so that it will be unnecessary for the University to transport a shell to Lake Carnegie. Both the University and 1921 crews will use the same re-rigged shell, the race for the Freshman crews being scheduled before that for the University eights. Minor alterations in the rigging to suit the University eight will be made in the interval between the races...