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The Panama Canal Review 0U+0V4-N{Tcqnql I UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIBRARIES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/panamacanalrevie1972pana / 1 David S. Parker Morgan E. Goodwin, Press Officer Governo r-President Publications Editors Charles R. Clark Willie K. Friar, Tomas A. Cupas Lieutenant Governor Writers Frank A. Baldwin Eunice Richard, Fannie P. Hernandez, Panama Canal Information Officer Official Panama Canal Publication Jose T. Tufion and Luis C. Noli Review articles may bereprinled willioul fuilher clearance. Credit lo the Review will be appreciated. Subscriptions: $1 a year, airmail $2 a year,- back copies (regular mail), 50 cents each. Published twice a year. Make postal money orders payable to the Panama Canal Company, Box M, Balboa Heights, C.Z. Editorial Offices are located in the Administration Building, Balboa Heights, C.Z. Printed at the Printing Plant, Lo Boca, C.Z. EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF Contents wicked Captain Fokke who cursed tlie Almightly one day 300 years ago while beating against the wind as he Art Contest 3 tried to round Cape Horn. He and his phantom ship have sailed the seas ever The building of the Canal since haunting all honest maiiners. through the eyes of chil- While assembling pictures of inter- dren esting ships using the Panama Canal for the 6-page feature that appears in this Taboga 6 issue, it was found that nearly every unusual ship, except the Fhjing Dutch- plans Pan- New afoot for man, has been here at least once. ama's tranquil "Island of The Tusitala of New York was no Flying Dutchman but she was almost Flowers" as interesting. In 1929 when she was still making transits of the Panama What's In A Name? 10 Canal, she was the only United States Clues to a colorful past in flag sailing ship remaining in the trade local place names between Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States. In the picture taken Painters Make Striking in 1927 showing her in Gatun Locks, she was on a regular trade route be- Pictures 14 tween Seattle and Baltimore and at that Dramatic photographs of time had on board a cargo of magnesite and lumber. Thatcher Ferry Bridge The Tusitala was built in 1883 in being made spic-span Greenock, Scotland, and was regarded as a good example of the fine models Passing Parade of Ships 16 turned out at that time. Vast armada reflects Painted a sparkling white and with every stitch of canvas set taut, the changing times vessel presented a yacht-Uke appear- ance which inspired pride in the hearts Shipping Notes 22 of old sailors. She was purchased by a group of Culinary Capers 24 men in New York in 1923 and her name Tropical treats for the changed to Tusitala or "Story Teller," a name conferred by Samoans upon creative cook Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent the Beer 28 last years of his life in the South Seas. The formal change of flags was marked Nine million gallons a in New York by a ceremony befitting year flow from Panama's the occasion, according to an account of the event. A bottle of champagne was breweries broken on the bell by Will H. Low, artist, and old friend of "R. L. S.," History 31 and a few words of benediction were spoken. Christopher Morley, who was Sketches in this issue by Cados Men- at the helm, read a letter from Joseph dez and cartoons bij Peter Curneij. Conrad addressed to the new owners. Spring 1972 And Boi^ ColfrU A Fi«ik Ne# L(Hvlt at tke Buiidlna ol tke Canal, ARE FUNNY PEOPLE. Teddy's better-known quotations and graphed, color separations and plates KIDS before the printing process ac- And their imagination, when sent that along as her entry. made, tually began. Laura and Ted were stirred can produce some onlv shghtly, On the Covers given proofs of each of the four colors prett)' fantastic ideas. The Panama The work of the two first-place win- used in printing the cover—red, yellow, Canal RE\^Ew set out to prove this ners appears on the front and back blue, and black—to show their class- point by sponsoring a contest among covers. Author of the watercolor on the mates at school. fifth and si.xth grade students in Canal front cover is 10-vear-old Laura Otter, workings of the offset press, Zone Schools. The daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Jason I. Otter, where the final product rolls off, were The children were provided statistics of Howard AFB. The back cover is a explained Mario B. Rivera. on such things as the amount of con- by crayon drawing by Ted Osborne, 11, Drawings and paintings selected for crete used to build the locks, the volume son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. second prize and those chosen for hon- of material excavated from Gaillard Cut Osborne of Panama City. Ted's father orable mention are reproduced on the and the number of holes perforated to is emploved at Fort Amador. Though next two pages. Two hundred and fifty- sink dvTiamite charges during the con- both children have been on the Isthmus tvvo students from both sides of the struction of the Canal. Then they were less than a year, they have already Isthmus entered the contest. V. C. asked to use their imagination. learned much about the Canal and its The results were just short of over- history in school and through their own whelming, despite the fact that classes research. in the Latin American schools were nearly over and there was not time to The first-place winners received a obtain entries from them. plaque on which is mounted a piece of Renderings came in crayon, pen and rock from Gaillard Cut, a 3-month pass movie theater, ink, oils and water colors, bright colors to any Panama Canal and bold strokes. Many showed amaz- and were taken on a comprehensive ing ingenuity and quite a few revealed tour of the printing plant, where they a keen sense of humor in the young learned about offset printing from real artists. One child, obviously feeling experts. that President Theodore Roosevelt had Veteran lithographer Juan Fernan- adequately summed up the story of dez V. explained to the children the Canal, painstakingly copied one of how their original artwork was photo- The Panama Canal Review 0U+0V4-n{tCQnQl I \- ^"^ ^.%^^^ Nancy Rodriguez 6, Grade Grade 6, Ancon EXCAVATED OIRT ^ROn CANAL - 7000 TinES HIGHER THAN Aailk W. ^'r- C\/ER£ST Daphne Downing The. H.SOO.OCX) Cubic qcrds o\ Ce,nen+ ujouli *^i\l u'ieJ +0 build +he locks Grade 6, Margarita l%n,1U,i:)4 W our HqI(^ GcxUon MUk ton+oiiner?. Jerri Love, Second Prize Marj' Kelleher, Second Prize Grade 5, Fort Gulick Grade 6, Balboa Grade 5, Fort Gulick Rodolfo Mon Connie Hallada Grade 5, Margarita Grade 6, Diablo Heights Spring 1972 PANAHA CAHAL - 211000,000. C.i.cYc.cl, EXCAVATED DIRT ?? ^'j. ^ Manny Olivaz Grade 5, Fort Gulick Johnny Tate Grade 6, Margarita \,rrf /T Charles Bowen Grade 6, Gamboa tfrf Gilbert Corrigan Grade 5, Margarita CLOSELY LINKED TO THE colorful history of Panama, the picturesque island of Taboga has known the fury of marauding pirates, the intol- erance of the Conquistadores, the bold- ness of the Gold Rush adventurers, and Tabo the glory of producing a saint. Through it all the island has remained unsullied. An idyllic hilly island in Panama Bay, By Jose T. Tufion reminiscent of Capri, Taboga is only about 12 nautical miles, or an hour by launch, from Panama City. Its proximity and its white sand beaches have made it a prime candidate for further develop- ment by the Republic of Panama Tourist Bureau. Plans are now afoot to build a hotel complex which would include the pres- ent Hotel Taboga and 55 modem cabins to be constructed on El Morro, a small adjacent island. It would be adminis- tered by the Hyatt International Hotel chain. Balboa Although Vasco Nvmez de Balboa, the first Spaniard to set foot on the small dot of land, called it St. Peter's Island, the Indian name of the ruling cacique prevailed and nearly 450 years after its founding, the island still maintains the simplicity and flavor of bygone days. »;3.K> Tvpical of the Spanish colonial set- tlements in the New World, the little Architectural drawing showing some of ttie 55 modem cabins to be constructed on the adja- town of Taboga sprang up around the cent island of El Morro as a part of the hotel complex that will include the Taboga Hotel. church. Its narrow streets, now paved, 6 Spring 1972 are barely wide enough for the passage of the few vehicles on the island. No traffic noises disturb the The absence of traffic noises and ex- haust fumes to pollute the clean sea breezes and the magnificent view of quiet of Panama's historic velvet sea and ships from far-off lands waiting to enter the Canal have made Taboga a favorite weekend retreat for Panama and Canal Zone residents and ''Island of Flowers'' a year-round tourist attraction. Quiet rural lanes fully skirted by a profusion of bougainvillea and fiibiscus blooms in red, white, and pink, accen- tuated by the fragrance of roses and sweet jasmine, give Taboga the atmos- phere of an eternal garden and the name "Island of Flowers." Spanish Conquest During the Spanish conquest, Tabo- ga's inhabitants were virtually elimi- nated. When a decree by Charles V put an end to slavery, only about 700 slaves remained in Panama and its environs; the majority of these had been brought from Venezuela and Nicaragua.
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