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sailed from Boston nearly thirty years ago and was 

 never heard from again. His mother died the next year, 

 leaving the son with four other young children. When 

 MacMillan was fifteen years old he went to live with 

 his sister at Freeport, Me., where he was prepared 

 in the local high school to enter Bowdoin College, 

 being graduated from my alma mater in 1898. Like 

 Borup, MacMillan excelled in undergraduate athletics, 

 played half-back on the Bowdoin 'varsity eleven and 

 won a place on the track team. From 1898 to 1900 

 he was principal of the Levi Hall School at North 

 Gorham, Me., going thence to become head master 

 of the Latin Department at Swarthmore Preparatory 

 School of Swarthmore, Pa. Here he remained until 

 1903 when he became instructor in Mathematics and 

 Physical Training at Worcester Academy, Mass., 

 where he remained until he went north with the expe- 

 dition. He holds the Humane Society's certificate for 

 saving a number of lives some years ago, an exploit 

 which it is difficult to induce him to talk about. 



George Borup was born at Sing Sing, N. Y., Sept. 

 2, 1885. He prepared for Yale at Groton School, where 

 he spent the years from 1889 to 1903, and was grad- 

 uated from Yale in 1907. At college he was prominent 

 in athletics, was a member of the Yale track and golf 

 teams, and made a reputation as a wrestler. After his 

 graduation he spent a year as a special apprentice in 

 the machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 

 pany at Altoona, Pa. 



To Captain Bartlett I left the selection of his officers 

 and men, with the single exception of the chief 

 engineer. 



