Maine Maritime Academy - Tricks End Yearbook (Castine, ME)

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E SEE THE EA TH T STOBEO RLIVES... Our delay in Baltimore resulted in the disheartening cancellation of our next scheduled port, jamaica. We headed straight for the Panama Canal and our first foreign port, arriving there several days later. As we began our transit of the Canal, we were amazed at the new life we were experiencing and the greatness of everything in view, from the historic Panama Canal to the Great Oceanf the Pacific. The Canal, incidentally, saves shipping about 7,000 miles of travel and brought to mind the immense complex of the industry of which we will someday be a part. Our thoughts were suddenly interrupted with a pipe to muster and we completed the afternoon with the usual and sometimes monotonous cleaning stations, both above and below decks, but always keeping one eye bulging out an open porthole for fear we might miss something. Transit took eight hours and we were later able to witness the seemingly complex operations of the locks and the mechanical donkeys assisting passage. After the routine half mile of bow lines, stern lines, and spring lines were secured, we commenced liberty in Panama and, needless to say, it was unreal. We bought everything in sight, from ridiculous souvenirs to worthwhile, low-priced clothing and jewelry. Time was our major restriction but we utilized it wisely, taking in all we could until our last final seconds of the gangway run. At night we melted into the life of the city, learning at a people-to-people level, extending U.S. good will, and finding out things not written in books. We arrived at an active time of year and were able to attend exhibitions of local talent. x Rf .l .. 4,-' ' .. 5 N ,, . , -'I ' 'Q 1 .' ..... , . f it-SN ' .., ' Meg ,?,,,,,,:s.3:. f,,.afg5.,,, 1- . . .1rwA3.sw,.,.,-,,w11-,- - ,ies V5 ,, V' 1 +R.-me ' 'sa ' A a :Q Q N- ' 'ifrfgfgklkwfav vu., '. .isa : - Sg5:j: 3g3:as-ig ' ,, - ,.,., .rv ' 1' t l still donit see why they call them mules - Peterson Higgins, Soper - Hey!! Open the gate! - Panama Canal Don't look now but a car's coming - 0'Connor, Oliver 100

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BALTIMURE 1 knew they didn't sail, they iust moved it. Middy-Style, 6 men to put up a little flagpole. 1 made a bet 1 could fall asleep standing up on one of these tours - Woods Finally we were blessed with calm waters, blue skies, and the Chesapeake Bay. We were really proud when we arrived in Baltimore and felt as if we had been sailing all our lives. The first stop was in that phone booth at the end of the dock and, Sure, Mom, I'm finef or I miss you, but donit worryg I can take care of myselff' and that night you did. Weill all remember the Gaiety, E. Baltimore Street, the U.S.O., and our educational tours of the many ships encompassing ours in drydock. Later it was on to the Nation's Capital and for many of us, it was the first look at the City which makes our great country tick. The most vigorously implanted memory pertaining to our Baltimore stopover seems to be of an evening when some unknown person accidentally turned the wrong valve which re- sulted in the longest bucket brigade ever recorded in the history of the Academy. A hundred and twenty 'iMugsv working an un- precedented eight hours straight. Having lightened our purses considerably and eagerly awaiting departure for our first foreign port, we were informed that our trip was to be delayed for a whilel' due to some trouble with the boilers - a foreshadowing of what was to come.

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BALBUA, PANAMA ' 1 7-. :yf ' .1 ff? 1 ,-J' 1 f s- V f - 'i ff E What do you do in a passing situation? I realize you're all friends, but that's no way to fall in for mus- ter- Rowe, Ander, Sullivan, Osler, Bulmer, Perrault, Robin- son, Martin, Atwood, Magidson We'fe iust going in for directions - Peterson ,ik O. K. Larry, Let's see how much we can get for our American cigarettes - Carbonneau, Jagger 1 don't know what I ordered, but is isn't ginger ale - Thibeau, Standley, Stone, Getz Nope, you're too small for the Merchant Marine - Somer- ville, Mitchell