Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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KIEEGQHZQEHH etaianagpiimzmmmmsly across a bulk- head in the locker room, and surrounded by the memen- tos of past seasons, are the words of john Paul jones- It is the men, not the guns, that rate a ship? That the same motto is the guiding preeept in coaching the crew CC is an accepted fact by every man that goes out on the river. Better crews are built by building better naval oflicers, and the respect that the squad holds for Lieu- tenant Commander Walsh is deeper than just a tribute to a coach. The men of '45 that will be leaving this year have a lot of pleasant memories to look back upon at the boat house, and captained by Ed Morgan we hope to wind up with a good season. The boisterous checker matches between Doon Snyder and John Sembly will provide a never ending source ol amusement. The swim- ming parties up the Severn at the end of the racing season were unique, and to round out the complement of those who made the boat house the place that it was, were the men who kept the boats on the water, jim Maniiing' and Bill Wiederfeld. To them we say so long, and thanks for a wonderful time. p Count do-:un when ready Coach lValslJ is zz bard driver but the varsity crew take it and like it

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S N L timing and rlnytlnnn MUSIC, MUSIC, listen for the music. The uninitiated I N X X N X r I f I f Z 2 - 7- f Y -:-- -1' W A 4 ff. -. .- e I l ..,- - Q 4:- S cc as 7 XT ip :54:.-. - - A- JE? i 'l 3 -SP' - ':' -1-1'-t' 3 fi .b.- -1 4'2 ., 1 -T I his-,Q .. TL Z Y' ' Comswain Bush, the little man who's always there The Captain-Eel Morgan M jf Q l i c tT'i.. . n',gZi?'H ip if f .1 if l W' w el l wi Hubbard Hall 1:8 Home Sweet Home to these boys wonder what induces fifty or more perfectly sane men to give up the more obvious pleasures of Academy life, to spend the spring and fall afternoons out on the river. Perhaps the answer lies in that music, the bodily rhythm that once heard will keep men striving to recapture the perfect harmony that seems to lift the shell right out of the flowing water. The concert-meister himself, Lieu- tenant Commander Buck Walsh, the man who directs the musical and muscular efforts emanating from Hub- bard Hall, would have difficulty explaining the fascina- tion of 'rowing to one who had never been in a shell at the mile and a half mark-suddenly the tempo seems to rise 5 miraculously the rhythm of the stroke is transmitted back through seven other coordinated bodies, and al- though eight backs are swinging over eight glistening oars, the boat seems to be going along effortlessly. The bubbles rushing down under the bow seem to make the boat part of the fluid motion of the river and it lets the men who have worked so many afternoons know that this is itf' Win or lose, the satisfaction of feeling a boat carried along by that surge of rhythm and coordinated power is the thing that makes the crew what it is in the hearts of those who know it.

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'li if The sun beats bot on I-Iubbard Iandmg and the crew takes time out !o mich .11 lilile 1-'if-'llllill D 'W L.. M :wager Vissering 'Ilnoe Crewv-lst ROW-Bush, White, Howard, McBride, Beasley. 2nd ROW- Mavzagar Visseringg Lynch, Da,vidson, Reynolds, Neuenclorifer, Stephenson, Captain Mforgan, Lax. 3rd R0 W-Poorman, Taylor, Jackson, Quigley, Nankervis, Francy, Fuller, Slesnick, Coach The workhorse of the Regiment-A six hour row Walsll. Jftlz RUIV-Crchan, Herzog, Penny, l'Villiarns, McCzLll, wasjust ll miuarzuorleout to the Rugged Dulclmnm Martin, Walker, Cuccias. -s as . ,hr , s .. ,ll ,,, ., Q3 3, , f Jr N-.sg A ,.,. 4 . 4' ,