Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The favorite Maritime pastime was Thursday night Festas. Upperjobs some of us hadn ' t ever seen before seemed to seep out of the walls on these nights. Our beloved upperclassmen seemed to have an uncanny imagination that would keep us going all night. As we began to adjust to Maritime so did we adjust to the word youngie. We had had no idea that there was a form of life so low as a youngie, but, as we all know now, there is. 28 After many months of waiting for the much belabored rumor to become an actu- ality, we saw it happen before our very eyes. The USTS BAY STATE could move! Slowly, but it did move! Our cruise itiner- ary consisted of such exotic far away places as Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Newport. But not only did we have these great ports, we also had a few of lesser importance, such as Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and Quebec.

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The major obstacle we encountered every day was four corners. If we went left we met Stanton and Co., and if we went right we met Wellock and Co. No matter where we went we were cornered. We soon discovered that not only was there a right way and a wrong way to do things, but there was also the Maritime way. Our first but far from our last encoun- ter with this was the fact that we were still in our civilian clothes three days after ori- entation began. Little did we know that the rest of our four years would be like our ori- entation schedule: TBA (to be announced).

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Of course while we were on the cruise we all acted like perfect gentlemen. Those stories you heard about a stolen truck full of valves and gauges, a certain fourth class cadet climbing the Cliffs of Abraham, alcoholic beverages being consumed in excess, little strolls down 42nd Street, Hells Angels in Bermuda, the misplace- ment of one hundred flags in Bermuda, the T.J. Bradley show starring Rocky Racoco, turn to at 4 a.m., fire hose fights, food fights — all these are, of course, untrue.