Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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w .fn 1 ,sg , 5,55 I 'gllzzf 1: .-: uv 1 .f EN 1. E swf ssl' THEQYYQBLD gb we' Russiru: stimulated ann imteewmst in Eewreignm Hannngriamges THE Foreign Language Clubs serve the double purpose of affording more than a classroom acquaintance with the language and people of foreign lands and giving the members an opportunity to practice expressing them- selves in a new tongue. A foreign language, as taught at the Naval Academy, is designed for practical use, and it is essential that men who expect to speak it have more than a mere knowledge of syntax. Each club meets once a week to hear speakers, hold open forums, or to see moving pictures and skits presented in the style and language of another country. High flown as the purpose of the clubs may sound, the gatherings are simple and informal and serve in their designed role inconspicu- ously and pleasantly. The understanding of the several nations thus afforded may soon be put to good use. Italian T M411 G8 V jfrpmzese

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lleception Comlalittee ACTING asuhosts for the regiment, the reception com- mittee had the pleasant task of seeing that visiting teams, celebrities, and entertainers were made at home. The character of the committee's work varied widelyg when the guests included stars like Donna Dae, playing host looked like interesting work. Not all of the work was equally glamorous. The reception committee planned the meals of the guests, made the necessary arrangements for their lodging, and acted as guides in the yard, point- ing out this or that point of interest for the thousandth time. Smitty and his men did much planning and pre- paring that went unnoticed by the regiment, but it is the Reception Committee that establishes our reputation as a good host. Press detail NAVY furnished its press boxes with something which resembled talking score cards. The press detail spotted for radio broadcasters and gave them names and numbers for every play in the game. Members of the press detail worked with reporters on their play by play accounts of a football team that the whole nation grew to know by the end of the season. Neuendorfler and his gang played an important role in keeping the news world straight on a team we didn't want misrepresented. Smith and the Reception Commfittee were the hosts to many visizfting teams cmd celebrities. ri? F efwon H71 X -Q. e .wel 4 T V EQQ 53, ew 5? The Press Detail represented the Academy in the conference press boxes. PM rget 14

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Seannlgnmr Qhnb THE philatelist isa quiet soul. You do not meet him on the street or hear him talk of his fetish in any gathering. He works alone and loves it. There is a sensation in the knowledge that he has a rarity in his collection, however small. The taste for it is cultivated but sincere, and many of us whiled away our hours pasting and swapping our treasured stamps. You have to be a stamp collector in good standing to appreciate the signihcance of stamps and -the thrill there is in finding a rare issue. Qmmniman Gaining D T11-IIS YEAR the sound gang was unusually active with weekly classical concerts and occasional jive at evening mess. In the spring, the sound gang broadcasted concerts of light classical music in Smoke Park. The movie gang, co-organization of the sound unit, managed to squeeze many interesting pictures into our busy evenings. For example, they showed the movies of the Army-Navy football game played this year at West Point. mlcr Dick Jm'tbcry's leader- rip the Sound Gang gave us ncarts of recorded music. U?--I Rx Tubes mul co11rIcn.s-ers cmd short wave from South Amerzfca-tim Ifculio Club. Rare issues and 'waiermarks ara commovt talk 'in the Stamp Club. Radio QEMM SINCE the beginning of the war the radio club has been silent, but it has not been inactive. These men who build and design their own sets attended the club lectures concerning advanced applications of radio in the war. Each discovered that the radio club could offer as much radio as the human system could stand. For those who had a basic understanding of radio, the radio club meet- osted on the recent develop- io that were being used in the Navy and ings served to keep them p ments in rad were playing such an important part in the war. We could no longer broadcast, but certainly interest in radio did not wane.