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...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...
There will still remain 250 sailors at the school, of whom 140 will be transferred to the Receiving Ship at Commonwealth Pier tomorrow, 80 will be discharged at once, and the remainder will stay at Cambridge until the station finally closes early in May. These men will be quartered in Winthrop Hall, and will be placed as a guard over the Radio School's buildings and the Common...
When he has finished his training, the apprentice takes his place in actual work at sea in the rating for which he is trained, starting as a sailor at $55 a month and board. After two years of sea experience, he may enter a United States Shipping Board School in navigation, to fit himself for an officer's license. In three years more, he can pass through all three grades as mate--third, second, and first, in order--and his next step in promotion is to the command of a ship...
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...
...majority of the lads now entering the Merchant Marine realize that they can well afford to spend two or three years seeing the world, with the opportunity to stay and work up to the command of a ship, or to a position of responsibility in a commercial house in a few years more. It is this spirit of adventure that is pulling so many young men away from the humdrum things of life, and that will establish American trade in the far ports of the earth...