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

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION Pages 8-19 SENIORS Pages 20-117 HISTORY Pages 118-145 ACTIVITIES Pages 146-153 5

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FOREWORD In the following pages we are endeavoring to set down some of the more prominent events that have taken place in the three years that we have spent here, from the time of our arrival at the Academy as lowly Young Men, to the everyday experiences that take place in the usual routine at the Bay . To mention only a few: the sometimes rather heavily popu- lated Masts, or the late hours for the forthcoming exams. On the other hand, there were the somewhat lighter events that one is able to find only in those faraway ports of call that the Charleston visited. These and other events, too numerous to mention, make up the life of a Midshipman at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

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Courtesy of THE RUDDER OVER A HALF CENTURY OF SERVICE . . . Since the colonization of our coun- try, in 1620, Massachusetts has always been a state which depended on the sea; therefore, it is only natural that it be the one of the first to initiate a school dedicated to the maritime field. In 1891, the Massachusetts Nautical School, now Massachusetts Maritime Academy, was founded with the USS ENTERPRISE as a training vessel. The cadets traveled the seven seas, acquiring the knowledge necessary to become a trained officer in the Mer- chant Marine. After sixteen productive years the USS ENTERPRISE was replaced by the barkentine RANGER which was later renamed the USS NANTUCKET, or as more commonly called by her numerous graduates, the Nancy . The NANTUCKET served the school well through long years, and the cadets enrolled spread seeds of friendship and good will in all the ports in which they anchored. 6