Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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Members of the Class of June 1945. It is with sincere regret and pride that the Superintendent and his staff wish you well and farewell. Regret, at having to lose your splendid enthusiasm, cooperation and accomplishment. Pride, for having had a hand in assisting you toward your goal of becoming officers and men. Your life here at the Academy as Midshipmen imposed many restric- tions on your liberties and demands on your efforts. These were designed to prepare you for the sacrifices and the efforts you will be called upon to make in your capacity as officers in the Merchant Marine and the Navy. The splendid record of the graduates who have preceded you may well be taken as a forecast of the success which will one day be yours. Your training here has been basic and fundamental. The careers which you will build upon it depend in a large measure upon those qualities which have ever been characteristic of the best leadership in America, namely: high moral character, personal integrity, perseverance, initiative, courage, loyalty, and the will to succeed. Your actions, your thoughts, and your efforts can be a tremendous influence in helping to mould the kind of world for which we are fighting. Keep your sense of humor and balance. Be tolerant, be fair. We are confident that you have what it takes. And now — farewell, good fortune, and God speed; both for the duration and the more difficult time there is to follow. C. O. BASSETT, Captain, USNR Superintendent 5

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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JOHN W. DOWNS THEODORE L. STORER ARTHUR M. WIGGIN BOARD OF VISITORS WALCOTT AMES, President, Barnstable County National Bank. WILLIAM H. COLLINS, Vice-President, Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard and General Manager, Fore River Shipyard. CAPT. HOWARD G. COPELAND, USNR, District Personnel Officer, First Naval District. JULIUS E. WARREN, Commissioner of Education. JOHN J. HALLORAN, Vice-President, Coastwise Transportation Corporation. CAPT. CHARLES H. HURLEY, President, Waterfront Service Co., Inc. WARREN B. NOTT, Superintendent of Machinery and Trial Engineer, Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, Fore River. CAPT. NORMAN L. QUEEN, USMS, Supervisor of State Maritime Academies, War Shipping Administration. LT. COMDR. FREDERICK S. WALKER, USCG, Merchant Marine Inspector-in-Charge, Marine Inspection and Navigation, U. S. Coast Guard.