Marquette University NROTC - Porthole Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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AN EH11 ANI CHAIN The Anchor and Chain, now recognized as one at the 1eading organizations on the Hilltop campus, came into being in the Fall at 1940 after the founding of the Unit and has tunc- tianed for nearly six years, expediting the handling at NROTC social activities. Always maintaining nearly 100 70 member- ship among the NROTC students, the Anchor and Chain is headed by an executive board consisting of a skipper, an executive atiicer, a disbursing officer and a yeaman. Among the men who have had their moments in control at the organization are Schwartz, Hatemeister, Curran, Schmeling, Baughtan, Medearis and Starbady. Meetings were first held in the Marquette Union and were later held in the recreation room at the Stratford Arms after the decora- tion at Plantan Hall. New, once again, the Anchor and Chain meets in the Union build- ing. Among the activities which are sponsored by this group are the NROTC formal and in- formal dances held each semester. A plebe recognition party has always been a highlight at the semester's fun, but recently this prac- tice was discontinued. Also instilled in Unit tradition was the practice, three semesters ago, of presenting atticer crests to the graduating seniors. This, coupled with a kiss from the girl friend at a dance called the HCrest Cati11ian proved to be a good practice. Last semester with the organization at the A11-University League, the Anchor and Chain was permitted a representative to help in the directing of campus activities. Chuck Hanson became the first representative and this semester the honor tell to Dick Poaler. Anchor and Chain functions to maintain the spirit or esprit de corps which is necessary and invaluable to a naval organization. Always doing an excellent job in the handling of all activities under its control, it showed its ca- aperative spirit this semester by bringing into the organization as honorary members 22 V-12 graduating engineers. 5332. ' .Ili .ftgf. :3; ..... ...... 5'! u ......... v. , . .. . ....... - a . ...... .. .. .......... 'K' v Has'I . . V. .......... age :::: ........ ..... ....... ................. Xutkapr. ttttt .4 t. ---- .......... CAPTAIN C. H. SIGEL BEAUTY EINTEST It has always been the boast of the men at the NROTC that the young ladies whom they have been fortunate enough to have as girl- friends or sweethearts are Hat the tap in beauty. To strengthen their boasts, on three separate occasions prior to this semester, beauty contests have been held within the Unit with pictures being submitted by the men and the H1ucky young ladies having their photos published in the PORTHOLE. The First PORTHOLE Beauty Contest was held in 1944 under the supervision at Bob Dallman. Lt.-Crndr. Enright was the judge. Winners were the Misses Marilyn Nickel, Delores Aldera and Jeanne Te Brake. Not until June 1945 was another contest held. David Planton supervised the contest won by the Misses Suzanne Johnson, Bernice Bragg and Shirley Thomas. In October 1945, winners were: Misses Mar- garet Lau, Ioan Keller, Mildred Derse, Pat Hunter and Iane Straub. This semester the contest was changed and all members of the Unit were eligible to sub- mit photographs. Captain Sigel, Commander Mecklenburg and Lt.-Cmdr. Crawford were judges and the contest was supervised by Earle Fri-cker.

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t..-..-a'.ln KU.-o..-.NJ.'N. tt ' ,1. 9.: $ s t L;. rmafm N'kod't 1, ' ' ;.., '1 Ni. ., .oxw-sn',' v n-huonfmfr t x.' . . J -. en' ' r 2-1.9g'3 -,' 1 I , ll'tx...; 1 CAPTAIN R. A. DAWES TRAINING In addition to the Naval Science classes for NROTC students and various cruises and YP drills for all hands, on certain occasions dur- ing the course of o semester's work, students are allowed to engage in other practical train- ing activities. Among these events arranged through the Unit Command and authorities at other Naval Units or Stations are the Fire-Fighting School at Great Lakes and the tours of Glenview Naval Air Station. Certoin members of the Unit have each sum- mer also participated in Yacht Club activities and in the earlier days of the Unit, through the patriotic endeavors of Milwaukee yochtsmen, training was given many students. Drill classes which ore held every Saturday morning hove furnished training in military bearing and certain drill maneuvers Which are ssentioI to on officer's training. Rifle team activities, first aid lectures, regi- mentol reviews, Chemical gos ottock lectures aptitude tests, etc., have all in some woy added to the Hpolish applied to the young naval officer troinee. His constant subjection to these functions hos mode him more aware of the great responsibilities he shoulders With his Ensign's stripe. 1 0 I VARSITY SPIHTS Although the Marquette teorns did not al- Woys hold 0 high place in intercollegiate com- petition during the war years, they produced their shore of good competitors and on vari- ous occasions distinguished themselves quite well. Playing not a little port in the mechanism constituting the University's sports activities were the Naval V-IZ, V-S ond ROTC students. Even during the early days of the Unit, When it still boosted o peoce-time set-up, Eigner ond Liss brought glory to the HBIue and Gold in football. Eigner lettered thrice in football and once in track. Mologne, Dubbs, Holz, Enich, Konlonc, Ches- bro, NeWeII, Powell, Kramer, De Armond, Woods, Buettner, Martin and the power-house Copoulis With running-mote Johnny Rudon Were others Who brought fame to the Unit in 1943 grid competition. 1944 found Metscher, Pooler, Richardson, Quinsey ond Glosener joining the ranks of the elect on the gridiron, While paced by Mis- souri's former AII-Americon, Bob Steuber, Richardson, Kollie, Wiesner, Gallagher, Honlon ond Monegold trod With spiked shoes the outer-trock ot the stadium. In the 1943-44 Basketball season, the Unit figured heavilyr With Bill Chandler, Ir, Polzin, Prado, Sodowski, C. Weisner and Winter Win- ning hoop letters. In 1945, Jerry Worcester joined the grid-letter Winners and Quinsey gained a track letter in addition to his football oword. Lost season, Ken Wiesner, the Unit's stor track man proved himself versatile and be- come the star of the Marquette quintet. This semester, one of the most active track squads in yeors has been bolstered by a large aggregation from the Navy, inc1uding Korkow, MocDonold, Swoin, Appelboum, WissIer, O'Horo, Burke and others. Continuing to up- hold the tradition of the Navy and the school for Which they compete, the varsity cont- petitors uphold o two-told endeavor.

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I '''''''''''' .42 3.0? Oh $1 .134 7:31; 23 y I NAVAL IIHIIII i all the organizations formed by Blue and Gold complement on the Hilltop campus, probably none attained rnore fame for the Unit and the University than the NROTC Choir which for one year under the direction of Paul Whear, enhanced its name at many city- wide functions and appeared on many radio broadcasts. Paul Whear aided by Walt Johnson organ- ized the choir in March 1945. Ed Brown and A1 Michenfelder were later elected Business Manager and Librarian, respectively. In the beginning, Hal Worth was choir soloist and later, upon Worth's graduation, Johnny Harris, a Lawrence College transfer, became the No. 1 man. Whear composed and arranged most of the music used by the choir and in December 1945 collaborated With John Dvorak to produce the HSong of the NROTC , a composition which at this time is under consideration as a Na- tional N ROTC song. In addition to almost ten radio appearances during the one year span, the choir sang at Lawrence College, at two Navy Medley per- formances assisted by Dave McDermand and his Navy Dance Orchestra, at bond-selling conferences, at an American Legion banquet honoring Admiral Marc Mitscher and at numer- ous church services and other gatherings throughout Milwaukee. As a fitting climax to its year of work the choir presented a Winning performance at the Marquette Varsity Varieties Show February 12, 1946. Music for the show was written by Whear and continuity by Charles Hanson. Strangely enough, the biggest laugh oi the year at the expense of the choir, was unwit- ting1y offered by Calvary Presbyterian Church. Prior to the appearance of the choir at their Sunday morning service, the announcement board proclaimed the sermon subject as HWhat We Mean by HellH-eand in smaller letterseNROTC Choir! This semester, With the graduation of key men and the turnover of personnel, the choir was not reorganized. Another impressive musical organization was Dave McDerrnand's Navy Dance Orches- tra which likewise was not reorganized this semester due to the loss of key men.