St Josephs Preparatory Seminary - Yearbook (Holy Trinity, AL)

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include flapping arms, stiff legs, distorted facial expressions, and wiggling ears. If, as a missionary, Dave needs some golf money, all he has to do is go to Hollywood or T.V. and work as a sound effects man. On the other hand, while Dave is imitating some groans and bellows, Roger Skifton, A.B. fAlways Bruisedl is continually groaning, but from real wounds. As gardeners have green thumbs, Rog is able to lead him- self into more 'one-step-away-from-death' accidents than anyman alive. For instance, the other dayhe and Pete were walking along the school hallway upstairs just shooting the breeze: upon reaching the head of the stairs, Roger was looking at Pete while his foot was aiming at the first step - he missed. In the next instant Roger was balled up in the corner of the landing, but being a plucky fellow, he stood up immedi- ately. He was dizzy, really dizzy. In fact, he was so dizzy that he fell down the rest of the stairs. There at the bottom of the steps lay Skifton: left leg wrapped around his neck, right arm behind his back, left arm tangled with his right leg and his head constantly twitching. Accidents like this would not be so bad if it were not for the fact that they happen all the time. What is absolutely amazing is that Rog stays in one piece. Admittedly he is well padded, but even padding has'its limits. Roger is either working or, what is more common, laugh- ing: and why soouldn't he laugh? He eases the pain that way. In a field of somewhat more pleasant sound is discovered the ship's band which consists of Marty Mayer and Dick Schoessow. Now, Dick was always musically inclined - the harmonica, ocherina, some piano,and accoridan - but his best talent is hhown when he strums the guitar. On the other hand, Marty has never had great leanings toward the field of notes and, for all practical purposes, still doesnlt. It seems that Dick was foolish enough to show Marty the basic fundamentals of the ocherina. From that time, Mart rapidly picked up 'Yankee Doodle' and 'Oh Susanna'. Since he learned these so quickly, he enjoyed replaying them as often as possible: we figured that it would be a4l right and that in a little while he would learn new songs and then it would not be so bad. Here it is almost the end of the year and Marty is still 'playing' the same two songs, smiling, confident and faltering .... Besides being an accomplished musician, Dick Schoessow, A.B. lAlias Beethovenj is the master of the Soupy Shuffle. This is an ingenious dance wherein he moves all over the floor in a sliding motion that never allows his feet to leave the floor. Also, in addition to his un- muscial alilities, Marty Mayer is a Mississippi gambler of the old school. Just have him perform two or three of his tricks witha deck of cards, and it will soon be evident just how old the school is. It is said that when Marty does a card trick, one can not only smell but also feel the mustiness in the air. In a different vein, Marty's other favorite diversion is the 'game with the hoop and the bouncing ball.' In times past, rounding upfellas for a game took a lot of talking: but now Marty just starts playing his ocherina and all one can do is lj kill himself: 2l go llay basketball fonly to be tortured at some future date by that impious instrument: 3j ????? So that everything stays 'ship shape', the fleet has employed Terry Maurer to take care of the ship's laundry. Terry is such an eager beaver and works so hard that when he is down at the laundry room one can hardly tell the difference between him and the people who actually do the washing. Moreover, Terry loves to have a good time and usually finds some way to have one. As a matter of fact, he has his best times during Major Silence. Terry is not as lucky as Jim: so he has had the

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unfortunate experience of getting caught. Getting apprehended usually produces sympathy from the remaining ship's company, but in Terry's case thefella he dragged with him gets all the sympathy. lt seems that Terry cannot get into trouble without dragging someone with him. He hates to be alone. A word to the wise is sufficient: 'If you want to have Saturday afternoon free, when the bell rings for silence, keep away from Terry.' While on the subject of people.who talk about themselves, we spot the ship's cabin boy, John Marquis, A.B. fAlways Blabberingl. A cabin boy has various and sundry duties which he will, in the course of a few minutes, foul up to the 'Nnth degree. This A.B. is no exception. He was supposed to type up the ship's log, but his nanfinger which con- trols the 'back-space' key, developed such a large callous that he was unable to type at ali. But even if he cannot type too well he has an unsurpassed ability to talk - not to say anything- but to talk. This was really put to a test when he represented the whole fleet of the high school ina debate against the college land forces. That even con- vinced him that heneeded more practice inspeaking. Usually his conver- sation is of a lighter nature - a fact not always appreciated by his English teacher. But whether he is making a polished soeech or just hanging around the mizzen, spinning a yarn, he is typical junior all the way through, Always to be found with sou'wester in hand is the ship's weather- man, Maurice Hendrickson. Marty hasduch a great interest inthe weather that he has abarometer, thermometer, anemometer with a rooster weather vane to boot. Anytime you want to know the weather for tomorrow, all you have to do is approach Marty fthe best times are after the latest news broadcastsl. He'Il have the answer. In a more active field, Marty is also on the gunnery crewg in fact, he is the chief gunner. He's 8 real good shot, too - just ask him. Well, that is the crew that most folks call the juniors. Believe it or not, the whole lot of them are sailing into their senior year. That voyage, I am sure, could not be more interesting than the one so re- cently completed. So, as the juniors disembark after nine months in all types of seas, they wish their junior year a fond ADIEU. Pro Deo et Coenaculo