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

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EDITORIAL Our three years here at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy are almost completed. Our final goal is in sight. Soon, we will receive our Third Mates or Third Assistant Engineers License, a Bachelor of Science Degree, and for most of us, a Naval Re- serve Commission. Many of our class will go to sea, others will get land jobs, but none of us will ever forget the good times, the fellowship, and the bad times that we have had as a class. Many changes have taken place in our stay at the Academy — new in- structors, a bigger emphasis on the academic curriculum, new activities and clubs, and the beginning of a building program- show that the Academy is growing in every phase of its opei- ation. However, numerous other things must be done to keep pace with changing times. We, as a class, have been separated since the beginning of our second class year, not only by our varied professional courses, but by being berthed in different compartments aboard ship. This has had a tremendous effect on our unity as a class and we have slowly drawn apart, becoming two distinct, separate elements. Thus, we have decided to dedicate the 1961 MUSTER to two instructors, one an Engineering Officer and ons a Deck Officer, who we feel have contributed the most to us, during our three years here at M.M.A. These two men are Commander Hemmeriy and Lieutenant Commander Page. However, we would also like to express our appreciation to all of the officers and instructors, as they have given unselfishly and generously of their time and talents, imparting to us their knowledge and experience. I, as editor, would like to express my thanks and appreciation to all of those who have helped to produce this yearbook. Special thanks go to our advisor, Lt. Dorsey, without whose assistance the yearbook would never have been published; to Mel Howard and Bob Vantine, our photographer and publisher, respectively; and to my four immediate subordinates, John King, Assistant Editor; Anthony LaPreste, Advertising Manager; Chester Hart- shorn, Business Manager; and John Frodyma, Photography Editor. A yearbook takes a great deal of time and effort, and the filling in of pages between the covers is an undertaking the scope of which few people realize. In the following pages of the MUSTER, we have tried to review our three years here at the Academy. We hope that we have been successful and that the 1961 MUSTER will bring many hours of enjoyment to its readers. Patrick J. Shields Editor, The MUSTER 4