SUNY Maritime College - Eight Bells Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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were many who must go unmen- There , A though not unrememloered nor un- hone l- t J Two who stand forth particu- aPP'eC'a e ' L, si. 1. F- Iarly were Ed Walsh and Bo an , rrst Class troopers. Few will .forget Vvalshs lumbering approach to life, the casual ellished ,lay well directed salvos of spit, He was famed for many things, Chief amgng them his discourses on the Charms of one-legged women: once, in a run- ning lmoat, he is reputed to have paniclced the quarterdeclc of the Empire State g when he answered the COD's hail with HUnited Statesn: on cruise, no lilnerty was complete unless he ended the evening's festivities hy changing hurners in 'dress lolues, a practice that hecame hy no means uncommon in the class of 1952. On the Riviera during a train- ing cruise, he is reported to have returned to the hoat landing, slightly under the influ- ence of and greatly overleave, to find the running hoats secured for the night. Strip- ping off his dress whites, preparatory to the long swim haclc, he piled them neatly on the heach along with the laconic note which read: They wear hetter starcheclf' Bch Shanlc could tall: the dead from their graves. A glihly discomforting cadet, his ferret eyes missed few unclerclass infrac- tions. The pap, however, was a minor part of the punishment. First and foremost was the withering sarcasm that wilted the most sell-righteous. However, quite often he uti- lized his talents constructively. Once, though the occasion escapes me, l watched him wallc unarmed and alone into a room full of un- clerclassmen, dangerously militant and close to mutiny. When he left, arm in arm with several ringleaders, honne foi pervaded eVeTYWhere, and the rest followed as happily HS the children of Hamlin followed the piper apl0ITllJ emb -'also to eventual and complete disillusion- ment. There was always method in his mad- ness. THE DAZE 1948 And' Of COUFSC, the sight of the weelq was the diminutive hoy Batt Comman Riclcey Olmstead, peach fuzzed, piilg cheelcecl, and laden with the gold of his office Striding manfully after the comparatively Herculean Admiral Leary, during Saturday morning inspections, With one eye coclced toward the First class, we directed the other toward academic endeavors. For the first time, the mug year was considered common, one half the Class Specializing in declc courses, the other half in engineering: and hoth switching at the end of the first semester. Thus it was hoped that we would all hecome familiar with the fundamentals of each specialty While acquiring an awareness of the sepa- rate prolalems involved. The nohle intent behind all this was to lay the lnasis for great- er future cooperation hetween cleclc and engine officers of the merchant marine hy encouraging reciprocal sympathy. The suh- sequent passage of time was to prove this program, initially, a notalole waste of time. Engineers or cleclc hands too often remem- herecl nothing hut the unpleasantness of the laranch they had forsalcen, and the age old rivalry hetween usnipesn and Hapesntwas re- newed with increased acrimony in the years that followed. , ln no time at all we were hoclc high in studies--calculus, physics, naval machinery, naval science, naval architecture, English, history, besides others that temporarily es- cape recollection. Vve were none too gently booted onto the academic road hy such per- sons as Salty who, calling us a dozen dif- ferent ancl assorted lcinds of idiots, com- manded us to hegin to commence. Then there was urfwinlcletoesn and the Boy Wonder, The Good Doctor and Wild Bill, HEgghead and ulVlumlJles, ' Bunlcy. George, Rumpty Goo and Chief McAl- lister, who defied a PSCUCl0nYln5 lntfir there were Stewie and the Flipper, Jungle Jim and the Gee The overall effect and reaction varied. Some hreezed througll to 5-0 with regal Clis' daing a few others couldn't malce it. The lg d l'lc field hands majority, however, wor e I C on tight production schedules and squeezed through with margins to Spare' Close to despair at times, came final exams and we foung the Gods had loeen inlinite in their mercies.

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'i- .a'vr'.'fSfss 1 sl fits' -. U 7 'f -.0 -- -'Lin U , s ye' Q. Lge ,,1V .V THE sou'rH SHALL RISE AGAIN With that in mind and recalling that it for the immortal damnation of torpedoes, we neV6rtl1ClCSS listened to impromptu lectures delivered hy upper classmen and other Uveterans f-fclass- mates who had checked in the day hefore. Advice was ahundant and predictions of our fate at the hands of the first class dire. They arrived the following Monday. They came with a vengeance and blood in their collective eye. They came resigned to our presence hut determined to correct any personality deficiencies nurtured 'hy parental indulgence. During a short, succinct ad- dress to the class they explained in no un- certain terms what was expected of us. ln no time at all we were 'arousing out. We douhle timed to and frog sounded oil: memorized inspirational sayings and lyrics: carried hardware and matches: learned to show due and proper deference to seniors: smolced Hselecteesn iRecruitsl and pipesg we snapped into military hearing hy standing af attention endlessly: minor infractions of rules or those acts considered horderline cases-not illegal hut not entirely ethical for a fourth classman-were punished hy seam toeing, usually with the nose pressed firmly against the hullchead or a louvered locker, Qiilgiteljnsstlglzrtahlel' Cigar cut violations Household nomerljdj an the Cladet Mast' ature was, as in the past, revised . to meet the extant circumstances- you huns Pictures on hullcheads iwallsl was Farragut who called peered from ports iwindowsi decks llioorsi, loolced at the overhead Q . ingi from your saclc ihedl at taps livefierl. compartments, ate chow ideiinition- In don't lcnow what it is hut if ygu Hdwli eaten it, you,d find out later, tidied upadnt ing cleaning stations, and had Our hurts ug ills cared for in siclc hay. an g So began our mug year. We Were the hrst four-year class in an institution aliiicted with growing pains and grand designs For our lahors we were to receive alreal live degree from an honest-to-God College, The school, which in the past had concenl trated primarily upon supplying unlicensed and later licensed personel to the mer- chant marine, was now hroadening its scope so that its graduates would he well versed in all phases and aspects of the industry. By chance and hy choice we were to he the guinea pigs. The term got underway: the First Class, faced with the prospect of graduation and license exams, generally turned from us and to their studies. With a good deal ofthe heat off, except for the occasional purges, we turned to our own studies and to watching personalities emerge. Emerge they did: Sally Nathenson, a former hloclcing haclc, distin- guished hy his penchant for sleeping in his gym suit heneath his pajamas. Rumor had it that secreted among the layers of clothing were sets of mouldy isliivvies, all the hetter to keep out the cruel lolasts of winter: Moila, who rose every morning, did his exercises, cold showered, and with all the placid resig- nation of a cow at milking time toddledl0ril1 to get pappedg Horace Kreitzman and Mitdl Finlc, always in the wrong spot at the wrong times hut with fantastic excuses. Thoug- they lost many self-pled cases at mail, EH' marily through evils of the system, lei' were considered the hest legal minds of the class at the time: Rahhle-Rousing Momfhan' who organized and led his OXVH private Easter Rebellion once a weeli: The B016 d the hee! Reamy, who personally subsidize I industry: Nlilce Wagner with his thumb In his face and a deal in the mind: Joe Fentold on Monday mornings: Rooniey in Tfface an warg Hl..ittle Toot and the swah- . ur There were others, some not mddw. class: Friendly Freddy Dllbfffli Bliuztl Ck Snr, sas ana Black caan lilac H. -r L tele B12 Kreigerz Boh Shank, dygitizenl 1 swabbed Grollfg and poor DOC, 4, i r i F H ny wl-ll a We welre fit unreri n li wil' lldm' who li . , I1 n iillllare lvllflw awil e iriilrshoopenr ch to Mijn! appmad we Inn wllnif Y ailimlellie waS famed A omlimong tiremd mf fl .ieeif W y ea.1ifii rea'. nn! derdeckofthe ' t dfiia h Cons ieuanswerefill no Iibf it Inu: on ffwse' - la i ended the even' disc ' dress . burners rn i, gllli . iiliecame iw no means ERN! 1951 On the Rivif Misc' he is reported i0 diioai landing, sirgistli we oi and Emily om l ming boats secured i0r and iris dress wlrites. I isngsnim ilacls, lie PM ll leniaiong with time lac red: alley wear lretter si Bri Siranic could tails leigraves. Agiiimiy dis hierrel eyes missed iew 1 ins lie pap, lrowever, ' ddepunisirmeni. First: isniiiering sarcasm lima! di-iglteous. However, rn Eldlis talents cnnstructivr secession escapes me, I v Wd and alone into a lsmenvdgngemusiy r mil' CD lie ieit ii fildecl , 1, ' Tdillle' wi :ill reslll: 'risotmdmn of Hamlin i iowanlmland lwiimwasal C0n WHYS m Till but ul

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HOME - - - Standing together in the face of time firsitl class. we came to know each other t roug association,-in class, during weekend restrrci tions, in the highly competitive intramura sports, and hy virtue of a few good, though Slightly degeneratingfliherties. Slowly the an to fuse together and to develop the elan that was to characterize it in crises in the years ahead. More and more was un- derstood the significance of the term ship- class heg mate. Of the class legends many deserve tell- ing, hut space doesn't permit the inclusion of more than a few. Une, which transpired during the mug year, is worthy. While within the deck curriculum, we were suhject, several times each week, to classes in Rules of the Nautical Road. This course was classic in content and its instruc- tor renowned for his unique presentation. One day, after droning on interminahly, he suddenly paused, cocked his head and said: Toot-toot. What am I doing, Cadet Pali- otta? Jerhed out of his lethargy, Cadet Pali- otta recovered and replied: Going off your rocker! He resigned a month later to re- eniist in the Marine Corps. During the fall and early months of the succeeding year, attention was turned to the haslcethau team, the colleges hig varsity sport. Included on the team which racked UD a .700 won-lost average were Classmates Ed Przyhylshi, Don Van Wart, Junior Reich, Don Talhot and Joe O'DonneH. At- tendance at home games was greatly urged, In fact, for fourth ciassmen, it was compul- SOTY- I rememher watching one game one eye on the court and the other on my ,note- Eiwgg Eiligli Studying FOI: an hour exam sched- e next morning. The g'ame of the yield was with KinQS Point, the first sched- u e contest of the series. Despite their hun- dreds of cadets so far they have heen unahle to field a team capahle of matching eurs, We clohhered them every time, each V. heing celehrated hy an overnight iihertchiry the corps. In a festive mood on a fit-or occasion many were the cadets who Cri EVE themselves manfuuy. pp e Christmas leave and the precedi Christmas party. Who will forget that onng? All evening, the hallowed hails echoed wit, joie de vivre, the screams and hiasphemie of showered first classmen. Then, at ta? the Cindereuaish reversion to the status qgo, After final exams occurred the intrai mural event of the year-the cadet Hsmok, ers. Gur stahie was very good that year. There were Jim Carneu, Pat Lucci, Don Lyons, Bells Bihier, Red Siegier, Bill Doughty, Tom Leather, the Hothern Tom Kennedy, Boh Hinideman among others. Almost to a man the Corps turned out to see some epic hattles: Red Siegier hounding across the ring to meet the ever popular Freddy West who lasted ahout forty-tive seconds, the pier sixer staged hy Tom Leather and Tom Kennedy. lr was then that we hecame aware of Ken Bihler's lethal potentiahties. The year worked through itself and the mass succumhing to the languor that accom- panies spring. Texts lost whatever charm and enchantment they may have possessed to the passion for hridge that had developed, or to endless hours of idle speculation con- cerning the forthcoming cruise to Northern Europe. We waited, cognizant of the omi- nous rumhlings from the First Class about HVVait,H-the-cruise, curious ahout the Sec- ond ciass' hianh detachment concerning the whole thing. Later, we were to learn wht?- RBTRP B a brief Dance. Gorge. original rrorimr less tt rest hr picked Hare v we slr minds about onto U and I than l You I rrrh lark.