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■ Shdixf (Hit (trie man llo.Mt JiioLOHTS From Aukom) . . . ()li, to l)e in New Jersey, now tliat Fall is liere. Squalid P. Transom, savant exlraonlinaiy. llic man voted most likely to succeed l»y my jiiaduating; class hack in East Orange. What am I doing now? hat is my (daim to fame now, six whole months after 1 ventured out into the cruel world for the first time? I am a swah. So help me, Jehovah, a swah. hat is a swah? Well, hefore I entered this institution and my entire kn owledge of sea- fining lifi ' came from movies and hooks. 1 ihoiif ht il was a lliiii;: that seaman swung on topside lo clean the decks. Now. at this late date, 1 finil llial it ' s sometiiiug an uppei ' classuuin swings arounil to (lean his deck, al least figura- ti ely so. For those who arenl in the know, a swah is a lOiirlli dassnuin al llie I niled Slates (]oast (iiiar l Academv. In four ( ll more long, tedious year.s he will hecome an officer in the I nitcd States Coast Guard. As a niendiei- of the afore- mentioned fourth class I not to he confused with the fourth estate) may I take this op|)ortunity to state that any resenihlance helwcen us and officers is ptu ' ely coincidental. I. el me ;:i e )uii an insii;ht on one of n Ivpiial da s. I gi ' l ii[ in the nuirniiig. That ' s all liglil. Some of my hest friends get up in the morning. Here, one gets up at reveille. That ' s all right, some of my worst enemies get up at reveille. get up a half hour before reveille. Why? Am I an eager beaver who likes to run around the lake in Central Park hefore breakfast? No! I go around and close all the windows. ho left the windows open? Do they like fresh air? No. ou should hear them complain when formation is outside. Thev just leave their windows open so that 1 have lo gi ' l up a halfdioiir before reveille and (dose ihe darned things. Heveille. .S Nabs out. [ rilles. What docs this nu-an? This is a jund)le of words garliled bv an upper( lassmaii I of course) meaning that 1 should rab a S|irin lield WA rifle and do a little physical drill willi il. Is it good for me? Of course iiol. ju-l look al ibe bad shape I ' m in. Is it punislnnent for something done wrong? No; to be perfectly frank we ' re too tired to do anything wrong. by are we doing it? (Up and shoulders, gentlemen. Let ' s put a lillle more sna|) into il.t We ' re doing il because they ' ve always done il. Il leaches the class lo heave around lo :etlier. I ' rankK. I don ' t get it.
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Tliat will lie all lOr lliis iiioMiiii . riillc- iiien. There goo llial liii;:lr call. Koi-inalioii for rowing. How (In I (li( ' .- loi ' llli (Ifliaclc. cim- sidering that I lia )- oiil Iweiilv ht ' coiiiU In lit- three huiidrfd yards away, and here 1 am in mi skivvies? Tliat ' s simple. ' I ' Ik-n just tell yon llial a Swali always lias time. lio are tliev? (iiiess. That ' s right. ell. here we go lowing. li am I going row- ing? W ill 1 he assigned lo a surf slalion ' Donl 1 helie e in llu future of the Diesel engine? o. thats not the answer. Ini going lowing heeaiise everyone in this oiittit since llo|dc catoii has gone rowing in the morning. Lay in the boat. Out oars.- ' Standhy to give way. Give way, together. hy is the man ahead of me feathering his blade through the water? hv am 1 grimacing as though I were nu)ving the boat under my own power alone? It ' s because the Swal)s arc the only ones ])utting their hacks into it. Sonic day we are going to mutiny and see if they can |)iill the boat back to its slip. I sincerely doidit thai they can do it. even with the incenti e of | iittiiig us on the rej)orl when we gel there. .N- One niiniilv fill umtnl mount I.iuindrs in ronm lIKi
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