United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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DONALD HENRY ROLLERT Kansas City, Missouri In every class there is a problem child, only we f;ot an overdose in Moose. A rough and tough individual, he is not even afraid to admit to anyone that he hails from Kansas City. Up until he became a Second Classman, Moose ' s life was one long crusade, but even he had to give ground after a year with Speck, and alas, he became a martyr. The origin of the name Moose ' is obvious, but Trellor sprang uj) due to a typographical error in a stencilling spree. The swabs at Moose ' s table are strict vegetarians — he likes his meat in enormous quantities, and to a point of rareness where it has to be hobbled. During Second Class Year, a long standing deficiency in correspondence vanished under a deluge of samples, advertisement, free booklets, an so forth, such as Charles Atlas ' course, dog l)iscuils, ' How to Become a Wet Nurse , Glover ' s Mange Cure, and the like. Although he ranted and raved about it, we know he got as big a kick out of it as the rest of us did in mailing the coupons. All right, you think it ' s funny — go ahead and laugh, lie shouts indignantly as his sack disappears out the window, but he always ends up laughing the loudest. And, man. whatta laugh! His transition from a tlieorelical to a practical genius was made manifest by his appointment as Cliief Swindler to see that this book pays for itself. All in all, Moose is quite a character, but four point oh with all of us.

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DON RICHARD RODGERS Omaha, Nebraska Tall, dark, and possessing a profile that made the first freshman reception he attended sound like a Frank Sinatra personal appearance, Don is not only the hest looking guy in the class, hut is also one of the best liked. With three years of chemical engineering under his belt, and a savoir by nature he still thinks a tree is something with leaves attached to it, and can afford to plan picnics and weekends without any escape clauses. Much to the chagrin of many a college girl, Don is definitely nailed — in fact he was one of the first in the class to disregard Hadley s good advice. Even three years at the Academy haven ' t soured him on engineering, and he plans to join the Black Gang at the first opportunity. For a man who rarely misses the 1300 liberty party, Don manages to get in an awful lot of outside work. He was goalie on tlie soccer team, a tennis shark, and one of the better shots in the class. He was elected class president our Swab Year and ever since has taken an active interest in class affairs. It was the masterpieces of extortion that he wrote as TIDE RIPS Ad- vertising Manager that enabled this one to survive the effects of inflation and shortage.

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PAUL THOMAS RYAN Rochester, New York Here is a living example of a type we thought didn ' t exist except in the realm of an imagination gone astray. Paul ' s mental processes amaze us. The two main themes on which he dwells are tjie minds of women and the internal mechanisms of that watcli. To quote in ])otli cases, Gee, I wish I had a girl, and My watch gained two seconds last week, hut I can ' t get a definite rate. P.T. is a home-loving soul, and deposits most of his leave allowance in the hank. He takes a morhid delight in torturing his roommates with his own inimitaljle version of Life is Like a Mountain Railroad. Expendahle plans to specialize in engineering after graduation, and can sketch a closed feed-water system wliile the rest of us are still trying to rcnieml)er what comes after the condenser. Father is essentially a neat character, witli the exception of his miscellaneous gear jjox. There you will find assorted nuts and holts, watch parts, a rusted railroad spike, and other equally useless articles that lie keeps hecause if he throws one away he will immediately need it. P.T. h olds the dubious honor of being tlie youngest and second smallest nieml)er of the class, but makes up for that Ijy liaving a voice like a sick diaphone. He has been practicing sword manual with a slide rule for two years, just in case.