Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Fulton Street and Fort Greene Place, waiting on the signal to cross and then that hundred yard sprint to get in the door before the wrath of Mr. Mulqueen descended on me. I had a good record because I think he got me in his clutches once in my schooling there. Another favorite of mine was Mr. Fanning. I used to have at least two or three chatsQ?J a year with him. How about those first football games when Chris Hayden and Tellef Tellefson were both playing on Tech's newly created team! Those are memories hard to forget also. Ah, yes that favorite fourth period lunch with the mad dash for the basement elevators and then bucking the line as though it were the center of a brick wall. Do you know what my favorite class was? Well it was English 7 with Mrs. Greenberg up there at the front of the room. Did you know she had three favorite words? nKeller, wake up.' Yes, there are things about high school that you always can recall no matter how long you've been out. Well I have been in the Army for eight months and those eight months have flown by. Our first period was Basic Training in which we were taught Military Courtesy, Manual of Arms, and.Discipline. Then during the last part of the training, we were given our arms and equipment, new millimeter rifles, 45 caliber automatics and our deadly machine guns and 60 millimeter mortars. I am in the mortar section and hold the position of first gunner. Finally, we got the thrill of the whole thing when we were taken out on the range and allowed to fire our weapons. With our methods of training men to be accustomed to arms, it is no wonder that we are pretty good shots. Out of the entire company there were only eleven 'bolos' fmen who couldn't qualifyj. Many men were sharpshooters and experts and they had never fired a thirty caliber rifle before in 17 Kar ,sag 1

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decreased church attendance. Another factor is the great number of churches in Columbia, which is the nearest city and capital of South Carolina. They make an effort to have the soldiers come there. All U.S.O. activities are centered in these buildings and there is plenty of nSouthern hospitality.' Say hello to all my friends for me and give a special nod to Coach Wagner, Mr. Foley and Mr. Brown. A Former Technite, niuafe .7Aomu5 .jcfzfr 0ctobe1'27, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. P.S. I never'had any trouble getting in lunch line because I was Inspector on the S.0.S. T. J. K. ALUMNUS PRAISES PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL Tech Prepares Men Well Dear Mr. Levi: Was quite glad to hear for the first time that good old Tech is still interested in the service men that are alumni. There are quite a few of us down here and I guess you have contacted most of them by now so you will have a good idea of what is going on here. This is primarily a physical conditioning center and I really can say they do a wonderful job on the cadets. As for myself, I feel better than I have ever felt in my life and after ten weeks here, I feel that I could go out and tackle any Jap single handed. We have three different courses here, Physical, Military, and Academic, and in the last one my work has been more than up to par, 19 ,aw p-an Z