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

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A WAY OF LIFE Each year the Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates a different group of men. Dif- ferent in that we have not participated in the glamour of college life but in the toil and soil of preparing to enter the Maritime industry. The school does not boast great athletic teams, nor do Rhodes Scholars leave its gates. We sleep stacked like caskets in a catacomb where it is dark, dismal and dusty. Food leaves much to be desired. Marching, standing watches, cleaning bilges, avoiding the wrath of the hated zap-sheet and its subsequent loss of liberty has restricted us to an elemental and sometimes brutal way of life. But every life has its compensations. Ours lies in the deep bond that develops within our class. In no other institution can the word classmate mean so much. We stand as one, each integrally related to the whole, each closely bonded to the other. The life which we have led together has indeed made us a band of brothers . This bonding force between us emerged as a result of the way we learned to live at M.M.A. The purpose of this book is to try and capture this bonding force of brotherhood by depicting our life as classmates, by showing life in good times and in bad. The Muster Presents to the Class of 1971 its own life in reflection. THE MUSTER

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To become a Licensed officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine To earn the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nautical Science or in Marine and Electrical Engineering To obtain a commission as Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve

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IN ME MORI AM A man may search the world over to find beauty, but unless he carries some of the beautiful with him, he finds it not. With this thought our minds focus on John Fla- herty. A carrier of a radiant happiness, we remember John to possess an ability to extract smiles from each of us in times of lightheartedness, and more impor- tant, in times of depression. Because John carried and shared a beauty unique to himself, it is without doubt that he has found the beautiful. Yet we would like to add to his reward. Cadets have few things of value to bestow in appreciation; but, we give to John our highest award, the thing we, as Cadets, hold to be most sacred. We bestow upon John Flaherty the title of Classmate , the supreme gift that the Class of 71 can give. Class of 71