Word: diversity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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At Commercial wharf, the Seniors will board the old King Fillup, that hoary veteran of many a picnic, and proceed to Nantasket where the great festival will take place. Various sorts of athletic sports will be indulged in; baseball, track and swimming teams will disport themselves, and the thirsty ones...
The next speaker, D. G. Field '07, after enumerating the opportunities for upholding the literary reputation of the class, explained the character of the CRIMSON, Advocate, Lampoon, and Monthly, and spoke of the places in the University filled by each. Of all things, said Field, I wish to emphasize the...
Mr. C. W. Furlong lectured on "The Greek Sponge-Divers of Tripoli and the Finding of the Frigate 'Philadelphia'" in the Union last night, showing a large number of very clear slides from original photographs.
The life of the divers entails many hardships. Six months in the year they work from sunrise to sunset, often remaining under water for 50 minutes at a stretch and being forced to go down again almost immediately. They are attacked not only by sharks, but by diver's paralysis...
This he will follow with an account of the adventurous and little known vocation of the Greek sponge-divers off the Tripoli coast, who aided in the search for the "Philadelphia", and finally he will tell about his discovery of the wreck in 1904.