Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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We danced to the music of the NA-10 on Sunday afternoons. YJ .41 L A '5 provided the swing for the regiment THE last year brought an NA-10 reincarnate from the days of Swampy Clements, only better. New arrange- ments, new tunes, and, most important, new talent went to make up a hep outfit. Nick Burde proved himself a genius at the keys, and even Benny Goodman thought Leecraft an able addition to his band. The innovation of inviting the Regiment to Wednesday evening per- formances seemed to break the week in half, and the number of reports for whistling in the hall was far out- done by the kick we got out of keeping up with the song sheets. There are few menwho can refrain from some reaction to a strong steady rhythm, and this year brought more interest in music and dancing than ever before. K l l Even week we atherefl in Smoke Hall to J H hear the N A-10 play our favorite numbers. N?

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,'-J V' ,AAA-.1417 'fx 1- . ' V . rl ff-' V. V :t ,ff L g Photographers sit for a pic-ture. Ehfiatleennl Qeimtieilsy THE literary elite of the Naval Academy are the members of the Trident Society. They coordinate the work of our publications, the Art Club, the Stamp Club, the Photo- graphic Club, and the Quarterdeck Society. The three men in the group were elected from the ten organizations they supervised. The supervision was subtle in nature and only made itself obvious when one of the subsidiary organizations was in trouble. The Trident Society served primarily as a literary representative of the Regiment. Ami Qlulb ASPIRING ARTISTS will always talk about that picture they are going to paint some day. The Art Club offers all the facilities the artists might demand, but usually jack Kalina Hnds a more practical application for their work. From the Art Club has come the greater portion of the drawings and paintings published in the Trident Cal- endar, the Log, the Lucky Bag, and the Trident Mag- azine. Without the Art Club, the publications, the crest committee, the ring committee, and the Christmas Card Committee would be seriously handicapped. The Art Club checks over their pic- tures bqforc semlfzfng them to the LOG. 437 ig? WVR, 1 lvl' 7 E iiT'Er ,xr H I l L n. ri L' l' Whitman QHIEM AMATEUR photography is recovering from the slump it hit in the candid camera craze, and the pictures that Bob Steele and the photo club have put up for inspection show very little of the amateur touch. Not all photog- raphy has the glamour of the roving cameraman, for one good picture requires an hour's tedious work in the dark room. The photo club is for two groups, those members who use the club's dark room facilities for developing and printing their own pictures, and the men who work on the photography staffs of our publications. The Trident Society, coordinator of all Academy publicatiovzs. l If . 'Z :ff fi get U Yi Z I' -. C4182 'xv E '35 ai Sw 4.-fi Ti 1 J W vr eu , E5 1. --

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The Glee Club helped to lift thc M usical Club show to fame. , l 1 Glue Chnl: ALTHOUGH transportation dithculties restric- ted concert trips, the Glee Club remained popular because it is difficult to restrict the masculine urge to sing. The Musical Club Show was the main performance of the Glee Club, Lieutenant Commander Clay Boland met with the Glee Club during the winter months to coach it in the presentations of his own scores. Throughout the rest of the year gatherings of the Glee Club were something of a song fest under the supervision of Griest and the club's oihccr representative, Lieu- T hc orchestra practices hard, is seldom heard. tenant Commander Fleck. Qynlpllnolnic dllfcclnestra THE jive hounds can rant and rave all they want to about their hot platters and solid senders, but when a man wants to think, he'll find a melody that tells a story, without the annoyance of words. That is what classical music is, a transmission of a story by tones and combina- tionsg and its appreciation is the unconscious reception of these stories. It takes you wherever you want to go, and the power of it has raised a thrill from all men who try to understand it. lillanndolin Club THE lvlandolin Club went on exhibition only once dur- ing the year and the rest of the time they spent playing for their own amusement. Theirs was yet another kind of music and their Hawaiian, Spanish, and cowboy ballads completed our musical cycle. At the drop of a hat the Marzdoliwz Club will give out with the latest style in music. 439