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This is the Drexel Dragon! It is located at 34th and Market streets in Philadelphia. The dragon is the mascot of Drexel University. Drexel is located right next to the University of Pennsyvania in the University City section of Philadelphia.
Apparently the hype was not successful. Are there any Drexel cars still in existence?
From Wikipedia (translated from German):
"Albert J. Farmer founded the Drexel Motor Car Corporation in 1916 as the successor to the Farmack Motor Car Company. The seat was in Chicago in Detroit. He continued production of automobiles marketed as the Drexel. Farmer was an engineer, but not a good businessman. Farmer was scheduled to resign in the spring of 1917, but he held patents on his engines. In addition, two banks that had invested heavily in the company defaulted. Bankruptcy followed in the summer of 1917
Harry B. Staver, who previously ran Staver Motor Company, was appointed liquidator. The reorganization resulted in the Drexel Motor Corporation. Albert Drexel left the company. Now only prototypes were created. Everything was auctioned off in October.
Two 1916 models had four-cylinder engines with DOHC valve timing and four-valve technology, which was unusual at the time. It made 63 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 300 cm. The Model 4-60 was a four-seater club roadster and possibly the fastest Chicago-built vehicle.[1] The Model 7-60 was a seven-seater touring car.
The 1916 Model 5-40 also had a four-cylinder engine, but with simple OHC valve control, and 41 hp. The wheelbase was 284 cm. The only body shape was a touring car.
In 1917 the R-30/35 model was in the range. The four-cylinder engine produced 35 hp. Five-seater touring cars and two-seater roadsters were available on a chassis with a wheelbase of 284 cm.
The new company's prototypes had a V8 engine called the Ferro."
This is in her alter in the chapel area of the church.
Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) walked among the African-American and Native American peoples of her time and heard the cry of injustice, their hope for unity, and their dream for peace. As a wealthy, educated, Philadelphia socialite of the late 19th century, Katharine Drexel had many choices for her life work. That choice in the end was influenced by the strong Catholic faith and deep compassion for the poor that Katharine learned from her parents.
While still a young woman, Katharine became aware of the desperate plight of Native Americans and African-Americans for whom she built 14 boarding schools in 9 different states. She chose to give her whole life's energy to bring the liberating news of Christ to people of color. On February 12, 1891 she became a vowed religious and founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
Convinced that we are all people of God, Mother Katharine Drexel and her Sisters established schools, catechetical and social centers- on reservations, in the rural South and in large urban areas so that people of these races, who, proud of their own culture and heritage, would themselves become leaders in the nation and the Church. Katharine Drexel was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. She was canonized a Saint of the Catholic Church on October 1, 2000. She is entombed at the Saint Katharine Drexel Shrine in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Her feast day is March 3.
Week 24 Assignment: Fonts and Text
In memory of Ray Bradbury - the lights of a small movie theater illuminate the twilight sky. Clouds gather, light fades, and mysteries may be revealed. This theater could be anywhere, any time, and reveal a world of possibility to any young child with an imagination...
Best viewed via lightbox (L)
21 mm forewing. Came to porch light, oak woods N of Muddy Cove, Tisbury Great Pond, West Tisbury, MA 7/15/19
The William and Mary men’s basketball team suffered an 80-66 setback to Drexel on Senior Day at Kaplan Arena. The Dragons used a 17-1 run to end the first half and 11 3-pointers to outdistance the Tribe. Prior to the game, W&M (18-11, 12-6 CAA) honored its four-member senior class of manager Brian Gelston, Tyler Johnson, Tom Schalk and Marcus Thornton. Despite the loss to the Dragons (11-18, 9-9 CAA), the Tribe still claimed a share of the CAA regular season championship.
Thornton led the way for the Tribe in his final game at Kaplan Arena, scoring 19 points and dishing
out six assists. He knocked down a trio of 3-pointers and in the process moved into the fifth on the CAA’s all-time 3-point field goals list. Terry Tarpey added his ninth double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds, while Daniel Dixon returned to action after missing five games and added 14 points, including a 4-of-7 effort from 3-point range.
After a slow start by both teams, W&M opened up a nine-point advantage thanks to an 11-0 run. Trailing 4-2, Tarpey scored on a fast-break lay-up off a dish from Omar Prewitt to knot things and start the run. Dixon knocked down a triple and Thornton drilled one of his own to give the home side a 13-4 lead with 11:20 remaining in the opening half.
Drexel responded with a 13-2 run to move back in front, highlighted by the play of Freddie Wilson. The Dragon senior drilled a trio of 3-pointers during the stretch as Drexel hit four straight shots. Wilson's third trifecta of the night at the eight-minute mark gave the visitors a 17-15 lead.
W&M pulled even at 20 on a Dixon 3-pointer at the 6:19 mark, but the remainder of the first half belonged to the Dragons. Drexel closed the opening 20 minutes on a 17-1 run to take a 16-point cushion to the locker room. Tavon Allen scored 11 of the Dragon’s final 20 points of the first half. He hit three straight 3-poitners during a stretch and connected on a pair of free throws with less than 30 seconds remaining for the final half-time margin to 37-21. It total, Drexel connected on 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.
W&M scored eight of the second half’s first 11 points to cut the gap to 40-29 on a Schalk lay-up off a feed from Thornton at the 16:47 mark. Drexel though responded with two straight 3-pointers to extend the margin to 17.
The Dragon’s advantage was 15, 54-39, with 10:23 left following two Tyshawn Myles free throws. A Thornton 3-pointer and two Tarpey free throws narrowed the gap to 10 with 9:34 remaining, but Wilson knocked down a big 3-pointer on the ensuing Drexel possession to stem the Tribe’s momentum.
W&M cut the gap to nine points on three occasions, but each time Drexel had an answer. Thornton’s patented step-back jumper at the 4:27 mark closed the Tribe within 64-55. The Dragons responded with six straight points, including the final four from the free throw line, to extend its lead back to 15, 70-55, and put the game out of reach.
Drexel finished shooting 49 percent (24-of-49) from the field, including an 11-of-21 effort (52.4) from 3-point range. The Dragons also did a number at the free throw line and on the glass. Drexel shot 80.8 percent (21-of-26) from the free throw line, including 17-of-22 (77.3 percent) in the second half.
Wilson and Allen turned in iron-man efforts, playing all 40 minutes and scoring 24 and 22 points, respectively. Wilson was 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-9 from 3-point range, while Allen hit on 5-of-10 from long range. Rodney Williams just missed a double-double for Drexel with 18 points and nine rebounds.
The Tribe finished the game at 45.1 percent (23-of-51) from the field, including a 55.6-percent (15-of-27) clip in the second half. W&M hit 10 3-pointers for the 13th time this season, shooting 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from distance. The Green and Gold dished out 16 assists on 23 made field goals and only turned it over four times, which is tied for the third lowest total in school history.
Thanks to Elon's victory over UNCW on Saturday, W&M is the regular season champion and will be the No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament, March 6-9, in Baltimore, for the first time in school history. The Tribe will face the winner of No. 8 Elon and No. 9 Towson at noon on Saturday, March 7.
Red Weasel Media RWM was there to capture the fast pace, back and forth action.