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

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The Merchant Marine must be made more economic if it is to thrive, as well as to survive. And it is you who must make it so. Possibilities for the maritime industry, and for your future in it, are bright. They lie in a modern, fast fleet carrying vast quantities of U. S. trade all over the world, profitably for shippers and carriers alike. Attainment of this goal requires great effort, energy, and imagination. When you leave your formal training behind, you will enter a life more exciting than you could have imagined, more difficult and beset with obstacles than you have yet encountered, but offering the rare satisfactions that come with ultimate success. Nicholas Johnson Maritime Administrator 19

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20235 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE CADETS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY I find it singularly appropriate that you have chosen New Horizons as the theme for the 1966 issue of The Muster. For, at no time as much as now has the Merchant Marine — all segments of it — been on the verge of so much that is of the future: looking toward a new horizon. The Massachusetts Maritime Academy is well-equipped to meet the challenges of the new U. S. Merchant Marine. In its 75th year it is carrying on a maritime heritage and tradition dating back to the Yankee Clippers, the New England fishermen and lobster- men, and the Massachusetts whalers. You cadets of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy are, indeed, most fortunate. You are living, and learning, in an era when advancement and ingenuity of intellect are encouraged and rewarded. You are able to see first hand the latest in ship technology, and you are taught by men who are able seamen in the fullest sense of the word; who are skilled in the technology and concepts they impart to you, and who are well versed at passing on the lore they have accumulated over the years to receptive minds and hearts. Your future is exciting and exhilarating. The challenge you face is unique, in that you can begin to meet it from the moment of your graduation. And your training here has been planned so that you will meet that challenge with success equal to that of your predecessoirs when they met the challenge of the Second World War. Those of you who are seniors have an extra opportunity — a chance to serve your country immediately aboard ship to help relieve the shortage of officers. You are further challenged to keep current with all the new developments, some of them still germinating in the fertile brains of unknown thinkers, that will unfold and further improve the U. S. Merchant Marine. As time goes on, duties aboard ship will become increasingly complex and demanding. Retraining and upgrading of officers and seamen will continue to be an ever growing need. The burden, the challenge, and the rewards are yours. It is your industry — and your future. Many of you will become officials in various segments of the maritime industry. You will have to come forward with new ideas, methods, designs, suggestions — and with new visions — to assure the goals which must be met to achieve shipping ' s future. 18

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE HOUSE, BOSTON TO TIIS GF ADUATI ?G CIASS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITII IE ACADEMY: It is a pleasure for me, as Governor, to extend the congratulations of the Cominonwealth to the graduating clasri of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy . I am happy also to offer my personal good wishes to each of you upon the completion of your studies at the Academy. well planned to fit you for the responsibilities and duties which you will encounter in the honored field of maritime service. Through this message in your yearbook, The Muster, which will be a source of pleasant memories to you in later life, I wish you success and true happiness in your careers. Your training has been comprehensive and Sincerely, Governor J 20