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Letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett (October 8, 1917)
No full textA five-page, handwritten letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett dated October 8, 1917. In this letter to Doggett, Conrad explains what he has been doing since he has left the college and went into Army Work. There is a transcription of this letter, see rg108-01-a-01-04c-009.Conrad J. Surbeck graduated from Springfield College in 1913. He became a Physical Director for the Y.M.C.A. in New London before joining the Y.M.C.A. in army work in the World War I. When he returned from the war he was an Instructor of Physical Education for Harvard before becoming the Physical Director for the Public Schools in Melrose Massachusetts. After his career in the Y he got into the real estate business, finally working for E.A.Parlee Co. Inc. until his retirement and death in 1957
Transcribed letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett (October 8, 1917)
No full textA three-page transcription of letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett dated October 8, 1917. In this letter to Doggett, Conrad explains what he has been doing since he has left the college and went into Army Work.Conrad J. Surbeck graduated from Springfield College in 1913. He became a Physical Director for the Y.M.C.A. in New London before joining the Y.M.C.A. in army work in the World War I. When he returned from the war he was an Instructor of Physical Education for Harvard before becoming the Physical Director for the Public Schools in Melrose Massachusetts. After his career in the Y he got into the real estate business, finally working for E.A.Parlee Co. Inc. until his retirement and death in 1957
Transcribed letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett (October 8, 1917)
No full textA three-page transcription of letter from Conrad J. Surbeck to Laurence L. Doggett dated October 8, 1917. In this letter to Doggett, Conrad explains what he has been doing since he has left the college and went into Army Work.Conrad J. Surbeck graduated from Springfield College in 1913. He became a Physical Director for the Y.M.C.A. in New London before joining the Y.M.C.A. in army work in the World War I. When he returned from the war he was an Instructor of Physical Education for Harvard before becoming the Physical Director for the Public Schools in Melrose Massachusetts. After his career in the Y he got into the real estate business, finally working for E.A.Parlee Co. Inc. until his retirement and death in 1957
Letter from Laurence Locke Doggett to Conrad J. Surbeck, January 9th 1919
No full textA letter from Laurence Locke Doggett to Conrad J. Surbeck written on January 9th, 1919. Doggett thanks Surbeck for sending him a letter along with a photograph. Dogget inquires about gathering a group of Springfield men in France before returning home for commencement.Conrad J. Surbeck graduated from Springfield College in 1913. He became a Physical Director for the Y.M.C.A. in New London before joining the Y.M.C.A. in army work in the World War I. When he returned from the war he was an Instructor of Physical Education for Harvard before becoming the Physical Director for the Public Schools in Melrose Massachusetts. After his career in the Y he got into the real estate business, finally working for E.A.Parlee Co. Inc. until his retirement and death in 1957
Letter from Laurence Locke Doggett to Conrad J. Surbeck, January 9th 1919
No full textA letter from Laurence Locke Doggett to Conrad J. Surbeck written on January 9th, 1919. Doggett thanks Surbeck for sending him a letter along with a photograph. Dogget inquires about gathering a group of Springfield men in France before returning home for commencement.Conrad J. Surbeck graduated from Springfield College in 1913. He became a Physical Director for the Y.M.C.A. in New London before joining the Y.M.C.A. in army work in the World War I. When he returned from the war he was an Instructor of Physical Education for Harvard before becoming the Physical Director for the Public Schools in Melrose Massachusetts. After his career in the Y he got into the real estate business, finally working for E.A.Parlee Co. Inc. until his retirement and death in 1957
Conrad´s Marseilles
Full text linkThis article discusses the Marseilles period of Conrad’s life, which is still shrouded in mystery. By consulting the Marseilles municipal archives and examining information culled from the local press for the years 1874–1878, the author attempts to determine what events in the life of Marseilles during that particular period may have found an echo in Conrad’s works, and in what way these events could have influenced the personality of the young writer. The author sketches a vivid picture of everyday life in the Marseilles of the 1870s and recalls the principal events in the city’s artistic life, suggesting that Conrad’s first real experience of the opera and the theatre (and no doubt also of the fine arts) was gained in Marseilles. An analysis of all the available documents makes it possible to formulate the following conclusions: 1) The duel between M. George and Blunt, as described in The Arrow of Gold, had its origins in real life: this was the duel between two journalists — C. Hugues and J. Daime — which was then the talk of the town. 2) In drawing the character of Rita de Lastaola in The Arrow of Gold, Conrad most probably made use of several complementary models from real life: apart from Paula de Samoggy (mentioned by J. Allen), the model for Rita may well have been Mme Didier — the mistress of the wellknown Marseilles painter G. Ricard, who himself was quite probably the real-life model for the character of Henry Allègre. 3) During the time when Conrad was in Marseilles the political situation in Spain had completely stabilized and it is hardly likely that Conrad himself could have taken part in any gun-running for the Spanish Carlists. Monsieur George’s escapade may therefore be treated purely and simply as a reminiscence of the stories told by Provençal sailors who had earlier taken part in the smuggling expeditions of 1874–1875. The final section of the article draws attention to possible Marseilles sources for Falk, Heart of Darkness and An Outpost of Progress. Virtually the entire storyline of Falk may be found in the Marseilles press, while the two African stories can be seen as a hypothetical refutation of the tales told by the “colonizer of the Congo” Henry Stanley, who in January 1878 was given a hero’s welcome in Marseilles
An exploration of the outsider's role in selected works by Joseph Conrad, Malcolm Lowry, V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis explores ways in which the outsider questions rather than confirms
dominant cultural values whilst avoiding the crudity of overt politicisation. I argue
that the outsider's preference for an observer's stance is not so much an act which
denies responsibility to the world of his day, but rather a means of reassessing its
priorities.
In Section One, I discuss Conrad's role as an outsider in the age of Empires. I
demonstrate the ways in which Conrad employs narrators, frequently using strategies
of irony which can be and have been read in very different ways. I argue that Conrad
uses irony as a tool for condemnation rather than condonement of imperialist practice,
if not its ideology.
In Section Two, I discuss Lowry as an emigre from England (so contrasting
him with Conrad, the immigrant from Europe), and examine his dissenting voice
which opposes bourgeois prejudice against the working class, a totalising ideology
like Fascism, and a Western rationalism which sees too rigid a distinction between
sanity and madness. I demonstrate how Lowry as an outsider reacts to the age of
twentieth century World Wars.
In Section Three, I discuss Naipaul's role as an outsider in the age of
decolonisation, when bogus liberals and false redeemers fail to rebuild the newly
independent post-colonial states. As in Conrad's case, I show how a failure to read
Naipaul's ironic tone of voice has given rise to radically divergent views as to what he
is about. I also link Conrad and Naipaul through their cultural negotiation between the
'centre' and its peripheries.
By looking at these three writers in chronological order and offering a
comparative perspective on their work, I highlight the outsider's disturbing, yet
illuminating role within a historical context. I also draw attention to creative tensions
between artistic concerns and a serious political purpose. I assess the outsider as
observer and man of conscience rather than as a` mere onlooker. I conclude that the
outsider also fulfils a social obligation by promoting critical awareness on the reader's
side by means of his defamiliarising perspective
Barnaby Conrad
No full textBlack and white photograph of author and portrait artist Barnaby Conrad, signed for Marriner S. Eccles
A transient response analysis of a multi-loop computation servomechanism in the SUBROC MK 75, Attack Analyzer.
Full text linkDistinguished Alumni Award Program author. RADM Conrad J. Rorie, USN (Ret) (Presented 31 Oct 07)The multi-loop Lead Angle servo loop is utilized as a analog computing loop that mechanizes the range-bearing torpedo fire control equation. This thesis applies several new servo analysis techniques, develops system component transfer functions, analyzes individual loops, and examines qualitative stability and response of the overall system.
No response or error criteria was specified. Based on the author' experience and advice from submariners a minimum error criteria is derived. This thesis preposes several modifications of the origional system in order to improve performance, points out several deficiencies, and recommends areas of further study.U.S. Navy (U.S.N.) author.http://archive.org/details/atransientrespon109451330
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