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...last year's midyear examination schedule is followed this year, it will be impossible to hold examinations in the following subjects: German A, French A, Music 3; Physics B. At least there will be no examinations if the prediction of Mr. C. F. Woertz of Rockland, Me., comes true...
Died. Langdon Gibson, naturalist, scientist, explorer, brother of Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, suddenly, at Crieshaven, near Rockland...
...anecdotes of temperament displayed. She was notably successful, then, however, with her verses, and her prize-winning poem, Renascence, was heralded by the critics as an extraordinary performance for one so young. From college she migrated to Greenwich Village. The contrast between Washington Square and her home town of Rockland, Me., was great; but it did not disconcert her. She soon became a legend. Her poetry was widely read, her charms widely heralded. She was a poet of renown and even more brilliant as a personality. Tiring soon, however, of the Bohemian life of the Village she went to Europe...
...vessel. The mile course requires special conditions; it must be close to land so that accurate measurements of speed can be made; it must have very deep water, so that the efficiency of the propellers will not be impaired. The United States Navy has two such courses: one off Rockland, Me., the other in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Rockland course is too foggy at this season of the year...
...speed trials of the new light cruiser Richmond, one of the ten vessels of that class which are being built for the Navy, a new record for greater-than-destroyer vessels was established. On a measured course off Rockland, Me., the new cruiser made 34.48 knots?or 39.2 miles an hour. Except for destroyers, no ship of the United States Navy has ever developed such great speed. Like the others of her class (Omaha, Trenton, Milwaukee, etc.) the Richmond is 550 feet in length and 55 feet abeam, and carries 12 -six-inch rapid-fire guns. Until now our Navy...