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

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A PASSING WORD Each year, Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates a select group of young men. Concerned as we, the staff of the 1968 Muster, may be with the traditions of the past and the promise of the future, we cannot help but feel that this year ' s class rises above all others, if for no other reason than that we are a very inte- gral part of that group of men. We have tried to express that impor- tance in this book. It is not a year- book but a classbook; for it tells the story of the Class of 1968. We feel we have presented some- thing new in this edition of The Muster. It is new because it rises above past publications of the same title and new, also, because we feel it is the finest Muster ever published by a graduating class. Now our efforts have been complet- ed, and we present this, the 1968 Muster, to you, the Class of 1968. Editor-in-Chief 1968 Muster 3

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We, The Staff of The 1968 MUSTER, would like to take this opportunity to thank vou, the Class of ' 68, for the co-operation you have given us in producing this book. Without your help, we feel the quality of The MUSTER would have been greatly compromised. Again, we say thank you. 2

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I DEDICA TION; LCDR J. D. CROSBY We dedicate our book to a man who has the wit of Bob Hope, the personaHty of Santa Claus, and the sea stories of Magellan. His jovial appearance and ability to teach has made him a one of a kind instructor. Midshipmen have been listening to and learning from this man of the sea since the late 1930 ' s. We, his students, are completely bound to him, because during the course of his duty as an instructor and an officer, he has bound himself to us. It is our feehng that Mr. Crosby is totally deserving of this dedica- tion, for he has dedicated his life to our education.