Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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ll ll Uiaizvfztnnnaglfltma an niacis-www erwnnntem' time IZLEQQ Ala:ceiuciLl,cifemmny esc1:ri1emf13e PRIDE of a long line of Chesapeake pleasure craft, the Bay Belle's spacious decks made possible con- tinuance of the Baltimore football trips. We em- barked after breakfast with a load of uniforms and accessories designed to combat any possible whim of Maryland weather. Once in Baltimore we found that the voyage by water had added two more miles to the march, a consideration that was soon for- gotten in the view of the liberty ahead. The much talked of liberty was over all too soon and 2230 found everyone back aboard, and everyone was always on time because the Bay Belle was the first and last boat out. . K if L I xxx! fa' 'i in ii as-few 1 ff iii wifi I ,lr y, it IWW 3 ' 1 ,I y 1 Z. ,ff r.-. Qgijiz ' K:-jg ' - ef' . L-KM. V il Iiiv. The szghts of Baltimore s waterfront iii' were new and mterestmg to most of us. . it 2 ug The Bay Belle had better accommodatwns than the trams but box lunches added a famzltar touch. Qc' . ,Q-hh. 'S '1 I N

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It vViil5lll'1 a division of new battlewagons, nor was it the broad expanses of the Atlantic or Pacific, but for most of us the Y. P. squadron provided the Hrst taste of sea-faring life. The salty Hyoungstersi' soon discovered that there was more to steering by a magnetic compass than holding a wheel. And those signal drills! Ah yes, those signal drills! Signal in the airli' 'cWho can receive semaphore? But nightfall brought ample compensation in the form of good solid sleep on good solid decks. . .if you didn't have the watch. The decks of tbe Y. P. '5 ojeren' ,Q ,vs cool sleeping :md we spent nlrmy ri night ll?Ill'l!!' the stars. U ff .tx l f 'ii-7f---5f'l,F:E ' ' ' f lffe i -in ' , F gffgfg iw. r. I 45 3 1 ' 9 .bl ,MJ Jill N 1, Cl.41,.eL+.ewgr.iflM .V- lm I lxy R+-Plfgllx xbl -.A.x -I li'5+u!l lf?' M1 L fn 'si X Il if is in j it ILM is lflsy TW N Tbe chart houses were scenes of frenzied activity as fmmtem' Nelsons mruzezzvereri to avoid collision. The chow was of our own prepa- mtionf it was wbolexome anyway. Signal drills and nmnelmers information kept us ulerl throughout the day. M W' f sv , BN-i Q-I..J 381

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