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...good ship prophetess is sailing the South Seas in the 1850s, bound for the gold fields of California, when she comes upon Bethlehem Bay, so renamed by missionaries who have ventured to the Society Islands to "civilize" the natives. When the shipmen and the emissaries of religion meet on the island,they naturally discuss (in perfect Melvillean cadences) the survival of the fittest and the plans of God. Yet all their talk of progress and a New Jerusalem has a slightly piquant air because we know what the future holds in store for them. An earlier section in Cloud Atlas...
...lightweights, meanwhile, face Navy for the Haines Cup--a race the Crimson has taken four years running, and 17 of the 19 years the contest has been held. The Mid-shipmen have posted an even 1-1 record thus far, their loss coming to Princeton two weeks...
...unbeaten, top-seeded Mid-shipmen were responsible for one of Harvard's two losses, two weeks ago at Annapolis. Says Crimson Coach Harry Parker. "There's no reason to expect that they'll be any less strong than they were two weeks...
Before the doubleheader at Navy, Harvard had a .327 team batting average, .001 better than the Mid-shipmen....Crimson Assistant Hockey Coach Kevin Hampe '73 played baseball as well as hockey. Hampe led the EIBL in hitting (.419) his senior year...
...Plutnicki--as Romaine--didn't live up to his reputation as a hot scoring guard, refusing to go for the points as Romaine is sure to do this afternoon (2p.m.) at the IAB, when the Crimson face the Mid-shipmen, Romaine is a gunner, and he can score from virtually anywhere. He scored 17 in Navy's narrow loss to Holy Cross, and he can drive to the basket or shoot from the outside...