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

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VANCE KING RANDLE, JR. Gonzales, Texas Vance is as Texan as high-heeled boots, and will fight the civil war at the drop of a ten gallon hat. He came up to this damyankee institution with some misgiving, but during his first leave discovered New York City, and has never recovered. Despite his tender years, (he ' s one of the youngest in the class), King is one of the leading members of Cadet Cafe Society, and the glamorous models, actresses and debutantes that he squires about New York had his envious classmates wonder what he ' s got that they haven ' t. King whiles away the weary months between leaves by planning first nights in New York , read- ing everything he can lay his hands on, and trying to straighten out his love life. He studies in spasms, but not often and he figures that the difference be- tween a C and an A just isn ' t worth the many hours involved. He warmed the bench for a couple of seasons, but he ' s really one of the commando course boys and his rugged build came in handy when the whip started cracking. Vance ' s war-cry is let ' s have a party , and he ' s one of the staunchest supporters of the Big Name Band for Formal movement. The only thing that gets under his skin are cracks at the Deep South, and the inconstancy of women. His ambition is to graduate and get a ship out of New York, but not too uuuh out.

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ROBERT CARLTON PHILLIPS Baltimore, Maryland All appearances to the contrary, Stupornian is nobody ' s fool, and his rather Mortimer Snerd-like exterior hides one of the better brains in the class ■ — He usually replies to any questions with his inimitable Hunh? — but he is the guy to have on a Steam Lab experiment if you want to go on liberty in the next month, and moreover, Bob is one of those rare cadets who enjoys doing the original manuscript — even when his plagiarists get better grades than he does. No one could be more good-natured tlian Bob; he endures every indignity with a grin, and even a wife who used to put shoes in his sack to keep him from snoring on his back failed to rile him. He does everything he tries well, and sails a dinghy, wrestles and smokes hookah like an adept. He dearly loves to relate his social trium[»hs, and his stories of ' ' the queens when I was at Pawly have become one of the class traditions. A phenomenal (to hear him tell it) high school engineering course and an addiction to machinery indicate that he ' ll put in for engineering duty, which should be right up his alley — if he doesn ' t dope off inside a steam drum like a fireman we once heard of. The only thing he hopes for is a cutter tiiat puts into Baltimore occasionally and some real rare queens .

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THEODORE CHARLES RAPALUS Easthanipton, Massachusetts Picture a swab on tliird conduct and three trees puttino; in a letter for a weekend — that ' s Rap. In fact, jjicture anybody on third conduct and three trees — it ' s still Rap. Play nic a Polish Iullal)y , he says to Cliarlie Messer in his best dialect, and the crowded dance floor is cleared in a frenzied rush to escape the wrath of Rap ' s flyin !; Iieels. A stron ; jiroponent of the Show nie a regulation and I ' ll break it, show me a tree and I ' ll climb it; show me a femme and I ' ll — yipe! just show me a femme category of cadethood. Rap is ihe character in a class of characters. At times, he ' s actually conscientious about studying, ( Clear the room! Tonight 1 am making like a student ! but these ten minute rela])ses are few and far between. During Swali Summer he tried to break the vicious Chase Hall barbcrslioj) nu)nopoly, and from tlie looks of it, Angie is still l)caring the grudge. Evidence of Rap ' s profound belief in the theory that regulations were made to be l)roken has l)ecn illustrated by the frequent ril)ald blots on the ])ap sheet, sucli as Unmilitary in conduct — 10 — carrying a two-wliceled l)icyclc on pulilic l)us. Dignified Baltimoreans were shocked by liis Polish remonstrations at llieir inquiries on his iik-ntily. Whether it be relating the misfortunes of little Stasiu. hitting up barlicrsbop pseudo- harmony, or sliagging a la polka, Rap is tlie life of any 45 blowout.