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The Massachusetts Maritime Academy The Massachusetts Maritime Academy, formerly the Massachusetts Nautical School, founded in 1891, is a division of the Depart- ment of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is under the supervision of a Board of Five Commissioners appointed by the Governor. The Academy is subject to the regulations of the Training Organization of the United States Maritime Administra- tion. The mission of the Academy is the educa- tion and training of young men of good moral character, education and physical fit- ness to prepare themselves for a course as officers in the United States Merchant Ma- rine, and as a source of officers for the U. S. Naval Reserve. Only young men of rugged physique, determined in their desire for a sea- faring life and in its associated industries, and amenable to strict discipline should ap- ply for admission. The courses offered in the Academy are of college level. Diligent study and application in both academic and practical work lead to the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree, preparation to qualify for a Merchant Ma- rine officer ' s license before the U. S. Coast Guard examiners, and the application for a commission as Ensign, U. S. Naval Re.serves. The Navy Department maintains at the Academy a competent staff of instructors to provide Naval Science instruction in order to qualify for a Naval Reserve commission after graduation. Having met the prescribed physical re- quirements, the new student is enrolled as a Merchant Marine Student, U. S. Maritime Services, and designated as Midshipman. As presently constituted, the Academy of - fers each appointee an opportunity to acquire an excellent academic background and the necessary professional knowledge and skills that will qualify him for licensing as an Of- ficer in the United States Merchant Marine and for a commission as an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. He may, through proper application of his education and performance in his service, achieve to the top positions of Master and Chief Engi- neer afloat in ships of any tonnage. With suf- ficient sea experience he may also qualify himself for positions ashore associated with the maritime industries. Miss Evelyn Silvia, Mr. Gerald Hanafin, Miss Kathleen Robbins 21
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CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Sea Power is a familiar term when linked with the combatant ships of a nation ' s navy. It is less familiarly connected with a nation ' s merchant shipping. And yet, the man who did more to popularize the term than auiyone before or since. Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, viewed a navy and a merchant marine as equally important parts of a nation ' s ability to use the seas effectively for trade, defense and foreign policy. A little reflection quickly reveals why this is true for a msuritime nation like ours in today ' s world. Most of our customers are across the oceans of the globe. So are our sources of many scarce raw materials. Most importantly, so are our overseas military bases and our allies. Sea transport is the most economical method for intercontinental movement of commerce in peacetime; it is also the most feasible method for movement of vast quantities of military supplies and men in war. An active and efficient Merchant Marine of a size to match the nation ' s needs is thus vital both to our nation ' s economy and its defense. Such sea transportation requires ships of the most modern type. But ships are only hardware. A far more difficult component of the Merchant Marine to produce than hulls, engine rooms and gyrocompasses is represented by this graduating class of Massachusetts Maritime Acswiemy. Intelligent and highly trained leader- ship for service at sea takes more time to prepare than it does to produce hardware. Raw material of the required quality is more limited. There is also a limit to the amount of time which can be devoted to the task. But now, in your case, the task is completed. Proudly bearing your degrees, your licenses to hold down a berth at sea, you 52 young men who have been graduated as the Class of 1964 will move out, each to take up his individual course and speed. You all share a proud heritage from the early yeturs of our nation when the American Clipper Ship was queen of the seas and, even earlier, when the infant nation asseinbled its Navy from the trained seagoing manpower of its merchant shipping and, for that matter, the ships as well. Those times were characterized as the days of iron men and wooden ships. Virtually everything else but man has changed in the life at sea since that time; remember we still need iron men. This is the challenge which you young men go eagerly to meet. I wish you fair winds and a following sea. God speed DAVID L. McDO: 22
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