NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The dales . . . March 25lh and 26lh, beller known as Two Days in Plebe's Heaven or Shine your own shoes, lvlr. Terry, lhis is my nighl lo howl. The place . . . Camp lduhapi on lhe shores ol whal was lhen a good sized ice cube called Lake lndependence. The sponsors . . . The Minneapolis Y.M.C.A. The characlers . . . 80 NROTC slu- denls and lhe lale, lamenled Cuddles, lormer ballalion mascol. The vision ol len unescorled co-ed hoslesses al lhe lodge caused lhe near-dealh ol one unknowing plebe who unsuspeclingly chanced lo slep inlo lhe palh ol lhe onrushing Scads Eide. Also seen loping over fha horizon wilh oulslrelched arms and wildly burning eyes were Gus Schroeder, Jay Nash, and a lew olher prominenl dash men. The main lodge, lhal lirsl allernoon, had an amaz- ing resemblance lo an inslilulion lor lhe menlally disabled. No less lhan lwo ping-pong games, lwo badrninlon games, boxing, a game ol baskelball, cards, and dancing were in progress al once. One innocenl young plebe was seen wrilhing wildly on lhe lloor wilh a shulllecock lrom lhe rackel ol an over-zealous badminlon player imbedded in his lell ear. Ampulalion al lhe shoulders was neces- sary, bul we are happy lo inlorm you lhal he has recovered and is in line lor promolion lo Pelly Ollicer, lhird class. The evening was highlighled by a lalk by Dr. Rich- ard Raines and some speciallies worked up by prominenl Minneapolis cilizens. The bugle blew reveille al 0600 on Sunday .... Wail a minulel l-low did lhal sneak in here? However, mosl ol us did gel up in lime lor church services al I000. l-O9 rollin' End ol a perlecl da

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4e2aew SweeThearT oT The uniT during The pasT year was Nancy Briscoe, Aipha Phi. ATTer a Tormal inTroducTion oT Queen candidaTes during a coTTee hour aT COTT- man Memorial Union TasT QcTober, where oTTicers and men oT NROTC had an ooporTuniTy To meeT The beauTies represenTing The many campus organ- izaTions, one oT The Teminine ioveiies was decided upon To grace The Navy Throne, No announcemenT was made oT The iudges' decision unTil The evening oT The Fall Ring Dance. There Nancy was pre- senTed wiTh a Navy Queen pin and The Navy Queen Trophy, To be T4epT by her, as is TradiTional, aT her sororiTy house during her reign. Qne oT The many duTies oT The Navy Queen, who is honored guesT aT all Navy TuncTions, is To chrisTen The gianT ring aT The commencemenT oT The im- pressive ring ceremony, MISS NANCY BRISCQE Navy Queens T943-44 TALC meThod ueen Candid . . . daTes A. Wmlm Dance Gay aTTermaTh To The hohy, yuTe Togs, and misTieToe oT The T943-44 ChrisTrnas season was The WinTer Dance aT SainT Pau! I-ioTel on January eighTh. TmmediaTe scene oT The merrimenT was The Tuxurious Mirror Room where underciassmen, seniors and oTTicers alike enioyed The cabareT sTyTe evening presided over by MaesTro Bob HewiTT and his band. CabareT Cuddlersi DI!! Tar Tires

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606 We mourn our dead. We bewail our brolcen Tor- Tunes, We lamenT our cursed exisTence. YeT, who shows compassion To The ignoble blebe7 The asTuTe SocraTes said, 'No evil can happen To a good man in liTe or aTTer deaTh. How erronef ous This assurnoTionl Surely There musT have been no olebes in his day. Could he have buf viewed The unembellisned exisTence oT The plebe clan, he would have modiTied his philosophy. Evil is The plebe's loT, AdversiTy is brevalenT in The daily rouTine oT This common man. BeTore dawn unTil long aTTer The sun has seT, The enTiTy oT The plebe is bane. ForTy seconds aTTer reveille he loses his idenTiTy and becomes Mr. JOE OIST-l or Mr. W, T. DOOR. From Then unTi! Tabs, when he Tells wearily inTo The sympaTheTic arms oT Morpheus, The plebe endures worse Than The primal curse oT The ages, The piebe assumes all The characTerisTics oT a roboT l-le wallcs aT The lbracell. No iewelry is allowed To lessen his obscuriTy. l'le uTTers in monoTone The daily menu, The Time oT all evenTs. The innumerable answers To The unreasonable guesTions oT his elevaTH ed superiors. For The upperclassmans convenience he carries maTches and sTring. To Them he re- linguishes his TurniTure. The ple-be c:annoT even loolc To The eyes oT his One and Only Tor symf baThy, because her porTraiT is secured To The inside oT a closed locker door. Every minuTe oT every clay is a succession oT double Timing, 'lsnapping To, llsiringf' and saluTing. DespiTe These Hshoclcs ThaT Tlesh is helr To, The blebe will some day rise To The highepurposecl liTe oT an upbberclassman. Then he, Too, will loolc wiTh uTTer disdain upon The TuTure lowly plebe.