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For beauty, speed and grace
on the waters, nothing equal
led the clipper ship. And for
excitement and drama, no pe
riod in American maritime his
tory matches the "clipper
ship" era.
Termed the "thoroughbreds
of the seas" for their long,
sleek lines, clipper ships raced
across the China seas trans
porting tea and exotic woods;
rounded the gale - swept Cape
Horn carrying "forty - niners"
to the California Gold Rush, or
sped restless adventurers to
Australia. Clippers were even
used to hunt whales.
With their ability to hit and
run, clippers also drew a less
dubious type of fame as
raiders, privateers and block
ade runners.
Cometlike, the era of t h e
Clipper Ship blazed across
the seas for a relatively short
time from the 1840's to the
1860'd.
PACKET SHIPS
According to records in the
famed Marine Library of the
Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Company, the predecessors of
the clippers were the fast pac
ket ships of the Black Ball
Line which inaugurated sched
uled runs across the Atlantic
in 1817 and advertised that,
fair weather or foul, its ships
would "sail on their appoint
ed days, full or not full."
Other packet lines sprung,
into operation. The drive to
cut down sailing time on reg
ular runs intensified and the
result was the development of
the clipper ship.
To be called a "clipper" was
the highest honor that could
be paid a vessel. Her distin
guishing marks were long,"
sharp lines, a hull built for
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THE "SEA WITCH" fastest ship afloat in
the mid-19th century was equally famous for
its skipper as well as its speed. Fanatical "Bul
ly" Waterman, lashed to a deck chair, so re
lentlessly drove his ship and his men to new
sailing records that he became known as "one
of the most inhuman monsters of his age,"
according to sea annals preserved in the Ma
rine Library of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
speed rather than cargo, ex
tremely heavy spars, and the
utmost spread of heavy can
vas piled upon canvas.
The clipper ship era was also
an age of masterful ship-builders
and colorful captains.
The outstanding builder un
doubtedly was the legendary
Donald McKay. His first clip
per, the "Stag Hound" was
designed and built in sixty
days. Her hull stretched 226
feet. She had the longest,
sharpest ends seen on aHship.
Her spread of sails caused on
lookers to gasp.
Despite its size, the "Stag
Hound" proved .both seaworthy ;
and profitable. When she re
turned from her New York -San
Francisco gold run, she
had cleared $80,000 a mas
sive sum for her Boston
owners.
Today, in the Wall Street of-1
fices of Atlantic Mutual, are
displayed models of some of
the spectacular clippers which
Atlantic insured more than a
century ago.
Among the models is the
"Sea Witch," which broke
more records than any other
ship of her size. She was the
first vessel to go around Cape
Horn in less than 10 days. She
twice broke the record from
Canton to the United States
a record which no sailing ves
sel ever equalled.
WHALING SHIP
Another colorful clipper, was
the "Alice Mandell" out of
New Bedford. She was used
almost exclusively as a whal
er during her short six-year
career.
This clipper ended its short,
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longed to a breed ,yt ship the clipper which : :
gave to American maritime history a two
decade era of unmatched excitement and dra
ma. Clippers like the "Stag Hound," "Alice1- '
Mandell," "Great Republic" and "Oriental"
helped link the worlds of the East and West as i
they "vswept across the seas with their precious .
cargos. : . ' " '
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speedy career in 1857 when
she "was lost on theUPratas
Shoal." :: .
Largest' of all , clipjrs was
the redoubtable ' 'Great -, Re
public." Built by Donald Mc
Kay for the Australian -trade,
she was launched onXQctober
4, 1853. The "Great. Republic"
weighed 4,555 tons,' had a
main mast as tall as a twenty
story building , towering a.
hundred feet higher than , the
Brooklyn Bridge roadway: v.
Tragically, the "Great Re
public" burned to the "-water's
edge as she was taking cargo,
for her - maiden voyage, . Re-
built and-, bought byi-Gaptian
Nat Palmer, a man of legend
and former master of . the
famed "Oriental," the "Great.
Republic" went on to have a
remarkable career.
To get the utmost out of clip
per ships, driving, relentless
captains were put in command
One of the more famed . . .
or notorious if you will ...
of the clipper captains was
Bob or "Bully" Waterman.
Waterman commanded a
packet at 24, switched to clip
pers, and was given the daz
zling new "Sea Witch" to com
mand, t -
A fanatic, "Bully" Water
man never slept in his bunk.
He lashed himself to a deck
chair and took a one or two
hour catnap. The rest of the
time, he watched, listened,
weighed the odds, figuring how
much faster he could drive his
men and ship.
SEA RECORD
He sailed the "Sea Witch"
from Hong Kong to New York
in 74 days, 14 hours, setting
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sailing record. ' .
Waterman was so daring
and hard driving that he be
came a tyrant and earned the,
unenviable distinction of be-'
ing called "one of the most in
human monsters of his age."
His! ship maintained, siicb f
speed in all weather that men "
were shaken from the mizzen
top.i sail yard into the sea.?
Sorfte-:died of wounds and c'Ubj':
treatment. brv,
Once '' "Bully" Waterman 5
barely escaped a lynch mob,-,
was tried in court, but found
"not guilty." - if-xu
Another ' legendary skipper
was Nat Palmer, less brutal,'
more cautious, but just as col-
orful. 'Palmer who starteU
sailing at 14, commanded sev
eral clippers, among them tti&(
"Oriental," the first AmericSfli;
clipper to engage in the Chink- !
sea trade. -rj
Shippers paid double freight1
to' have their goods carrie'd
on the graceful "Oriental."-';1
MANY SHIPS
By. 1850, clippers were -thief!:
in every port. Records shaw
that in a forty - eight .hour .
period in November 1850, near
ly sixty clippers entered the
Golden Gate of San Francis
co. The California clipper .
born of the feverish Gold Rush
was in its glory and every
voyage was a race against
time, and competition. . i
Ten years later, the clipper
ship era had come to an end ,
... killed by a single word:
economics. f;.
Few, vessels built of wood
could survive the twisting
cracking leverage of the im
mense spars for more, than a
few years. Repairs became
extremely costly. Since clip
pers were built for speed, their
cargo capacity was limited and
cargo rate high.
The clipper ships required
large crews to handle the com
plicated web of spars. Infla
tion, depression, and the ad
vent of the Civil War literally
drove the clipper fleets off the
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From the Durham
Morning Herald
BOONE Larry McCreary
tries very hard to be a typi
cal college student.
Larry doesn't like 8 o'clock
classes. He has trouble with
math and science.
A 23 - year - old junior
from Granite Falls, Larry is
majoring in sociology at Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege. He has a steady girl, and
when he's not in classes, he
spends most of his spare time
with her.
In between classes, you'll
usually .find him down at the
bookstore drinking coffee and
talking with friends.
He likes football. Doesn't
miss a game all weekend on
television, in fact. Or few Ap
palachian football, basketball
or baseball games.
But no matter how hard he
tries, Larry is not a typical
college student.'
He's a B student, and one
of the most popular students
on campus. Larry is more fa
miliar to Appalachian students
than the quarterback : on the
football team, the leading scor
er on the basketball team, the
homecoming queen, the head
cheerleader or the president of
the student body. "
Larry is blind. He's been
blind since birth.
"I'm no different from any
other student," Larry says. "I
don't want to be different. The
biggest thing for . a, blind per
son to have is a feeling of
being independent. 1 wouldn't
be going to college if I could
not do everything -for myself
on my own.
"The students 'at Appalach
ian are the finest people that
I've ever met. I don't go
through a day in which four or
five people don't try to help
me. Lots of times I don't real
ly need lielp, but I never turn
it down. I never know when
; I will need help.? y, i, -
"It doesn't hurt" mei one bit
to have somebody help me,
and it makes them feel good. "
Larry says. "I always, remem
ber to say 'thank' you' to ev
eryone who does, anything for
me. It means so much those
two little words. It helps so
much; , toe mak, friends.":'
Academic work forXarry ,l.s"
accomplished with the' aid of a
slate and stylus to take notes
By DAVID JOYCE
Special to the DTH
"Well, the doctor said, give
him jug band music, it tends
to make him feel -all right,"
sing the Lovin' Spoonful on a
recent hit record.
' What is Jug Band music?
Well, you put together a rag
gedy - andy band composed of
anything from washtubs to au
tomobile mufflers, , add a dash
of good - time lyrics like "The
Egg Plant That Ate Chica-
go," a jug band number cur
rently on the hit parade, and
you have the jug band sound.
Several jug bands have ap
peared on campus this fall.
One of the best is "Bebo's
Bunkumn Jug Jumpers." Be
bo, alias Howard White, a
junior from Rocky Mount, is
the leader of the band. Bebo
is a local authority on Jug
Band music and has tapes of
most of the early 20's Jug
Recently, "Bebo's Bunkumn
Jug Jumpers" played at Mor
rison Dorm's Hootenanny for
the Toronto Exchange. The au
dience waited itf anticipation.
Suddenly, Bebo'sbbys moved
forward out of theNdarkness.
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in class, readers who record
the material in his textbooks
on tape, a Braillewriter a
special kind of typewriter that
types in Braille and plenty
of memory work.
Larry takes many of his
tests orally. In oral tests, he
only gets one chance at the
question. He has to keep a B
average to stay at Appalach
ian. It's a state rule for blind
students, Larry says.
"Having to keep a B aver
age used to worry me," he
says. "But I realize that I
have to do it. People told
me when I came to Appalach
ian that I would have a hard
time and that the winters
would be hard on me.
"I haven't had much trouble
at all. People try to help me
on the snow and ice. I wear
ice cleats and can usually
stand up better than the peo
ple who are trying to help me,
and end up helping them."
Larry graduated from the
N. C. State School for the
Blind in Raleigh. He taught
Braille at the Butner Rehabili
tation Center for the Blind for
a year and attended Mitchell
College in . Statesville for a
year before coming to Appa
lachian. After graduation, he plans a
career in counseling with the
blind. "I feel a certain sense
that rehabilitation work is my
life," he says. "I feel that I ;
have something to contribute."
Sometimes people are over
ly sensitive to the fact that:
Larry is blind. "One time I
had; a reader who would not
read the word. - blind."
he:.:. says. "When I m e e t,
sonate people for the first time;;
they feel very 1 sensitive about
not frying to say anything that
would possibly , hurt me and
it .gets embarrassing. ,As I get .
toknow .them, they relax . and
everything goes smoothly."
.Being blind doesn't , bother-.
Larry. ; There've been times
whqjv I have hated being .
blind,'?fhe says. "When I was
. little, lacouldn't -understand:;:!
have always wanted ?td play:;
baseball and I couldnHi.-: .. s.;
'When I go to a.baseball or
fotball game, I .canosee Jt 'ina
my. mind. I can imagine the!
plays and the positions of the
players. At a movie, I can see
the same thing that you .do,",
although an extreme amount
of movement is hard for me to
follow.", .
They unrolled a rug and put,
an overturned washtubon it.
Jack! Herrick, tall, skinny, ,
mop - haired bass " player,
walked up to the bass , in his
red,-and white striped t-shirt
and ragged green levis.
He rested a- battered sneak
er, on the tub and wrapped
his", hand gloved in an old
sock, around the broomstick
and string. The pthers group
ed around him a motley crew
that looked as if it '. might
might have escaped from an
old pirate movie each hold
ing his instrument: mandolin,
jug, guitar, washboard, kazoo,
spoons and banjo..
One, Two, Three, Boom
Sound roared into the nar
row room in a profusion of
twanging,, puffing, stomping
shouting, clacking and squeak
ing. "You couldn't help tap
ping your foot,", said a stu
dent after the performance.
It was slapstick, Laurel and
Hardy humor, a goofy, zany
blend of joy and electricity
that malces blood run faster,
feet stomp, and hands clap.
"The most fun is in playing
jug band music," says Babo.
And he might have added it's
a gas to listen to as well.
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LARRY McCREARY has no trouble walking around the Appa
lachian campus. His hearing enables him to sense sound bounc
ing off cbjects such as cars and trees, and his cane detects
steps and other objects which might provide blocks in his
path. ; :
Larry remembers many
things he's done as the great
est thrills in life, things that
would seem commonplace to
others He took a ferry to
Jamestown, Va. one time, and
remembers sticking his hand
out of a porthole and feeling '
the spray from the waters, of
the James River on his arm
and the smell of the water.
He went to a Dodgers'
game . against the Pirates, in
Pittsburgh a couple , of sum
mers ago. ' , .
"He's proud of his brother,
Bob McCreary, who played of
fensive tackle for the Dallas
Cowboys.
He's proud of Appalachian,
where . the r students t are ... the .
friendliest .anywhere, and the
teachers are very cooperative
and have taken extra time to
Wing
Kazoos
Bebo has invented what he
calls the "Mufflephone," a
sort of trumpet made out of an
automobile muffler.
The group has also added
a stovepipe Tuba to the as
sorted sounds. "That's a great
thing about this music," says
Bebo, "you can invent your
own instruments. Who knows
what they will come up with
next?"
Where did this good time
happy sound originate? Jug
bands sprang up in the early
20's in an area around Nash
ville and Memphis.
The Lovin' Spponful have
integrated Jug Band Music
with Rock and Roll, and have
come up with an intensely
carefree, happy melody, and
lyrics which extoll the good
old virtues of going fishing
moving away from the city
back to the country, and "sit
ting down in Savannah, eating
cream and bananna."
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help him with his work.
And friends who think he's
no different from anyone else
who speak to him where ever,
he goes and feel good when
Larry makes a special effort
to remember their name from
the sound of their voice. '
His friends talk about a bad
second gear in his cane and
play jokes on him, and Larry;
plays jokes on them.
Appalachian means a lot. to.
Larry McCreary, and Larry
McCreary means a lot to Ap-.
palachainv , As one of Larry's
teachers puts it, "he's an in?,
spiration to all , who know
him."
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