Norwell High School - Shipbuilder Yearbook (Norwell, MA)

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THE SHIPBUILDER 11 this: The ship set out from New York and thence headed due south. On her journey she met but four ships until she reached the Horn and these four ships were at least seven miles away. Therefore there is little wonder that 'men were so cruel to each other, and often-times would go stark mad from the glare of the sun upon the water. lf the men mutinied they would be put in the already over-cramped hold, El- thy, unsanitary, ill-lighted, and with its awful stench in the air. Here they would remain for the rest of the trip. whereupon they would immediately leave the ship. But T am too far ahead of my story: it required brute strength to stand the ordeal of hard tack and fish, along with the storm winds, and hard work to pass around the Ho-rn. As soon as the Horn was passed the sailing again became easier until California was reached. Some of the Clipper Ships went into the trades and one especially was so fast in coming from China to London that when it did arrive all of the build- ers of England were there to take its lines. The Red Jacket was built by the George Tho-mas Yards, and she enter- ed the service of the Cunard line, being the most popular ship among the col- lege 'students who were then training in Europe. The Donald McKay,' built in hon- or of the great builder, was launched with Captain Alden Gifford christen- ing her, but sinking seemed to be her luck as she sank three months later while being outfitted in New York. A rather amusing incident concerns the Stag Hound. ' She was being christened on a cold winter's day, and after she had been named Stag Hound all the blocks removed, and the chains ready to hold her, she re' fused to slide, so the workmen took grease and spread it over the runs, whereupon she immediately coasted down the ways into the water. These ships were very hard-pressed for room: instead of sleeping in hunks the way they had done previously, now they slept in hammocks. The lower deck and hold were filled to the utmost, so that the captain and mate might make a little cash, since they were giv- en so much cargo, and all that they took extra they were paid for. But although the hold was filthy the upper deck was holystoned until it shone like a wash-board. -Xlthough these ships were so import- ant only a few years ago. but a very few are preserved: one of these, the Cutty Sark is over in England. Mr. XYilson, from whom l gained much of this knowledge, inspected her and he had some snap-shots taken of it with him posing as the captain. ,Xt the time the Cuttv Sark was sailing to England, De Lesseps was closing the door of opportunity for the Clippers. and steam and the Diesel en- gine have since turned the lock. Clip- per Ships have gone, but even though they have they will not be forgotten for some years to come. The seas still roll around, but the sails are not vented to the winds: in- stead the steamships pass around the globe in a fast but ungraceful manner. XVilder A. Gaudette '32, The Norwell High and Grammar School is verv proud of the fact that this school led in the Thrift Record in its division in Massachusetts during the first half of the school vear and as the pupils have continued verv well during the latter half, there is little doubt but what it will hold the record for the entire year.

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